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Fri, 05/15/2009 - 13:06
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YUDHOYONO TO GIVE PERSONAL EXPLANATION TO PKS
Manado, Indonesia, May 15 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono intends to give the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) a personal explanation about his decision to choose Bank Indonesia Governor Boediono as his running mate, his spokesman said.
"It seems that PKS cadres want an explanation about the matter from Yudhoyono himself and hopefully he will meet PKS leaders later today," the head of the Democratic Party's human resources development section, Andi Malarangeng, said here on Friday.
Malarangeng did not mention the exact time of Yudhoyono's meeting with the PKS leaders, saying only it could take place on Friday afternoon in Jakarta after Yudhoyono had returned from Manadao.
But according to the president's schedule, on arrival in Jakarta from Manado, he is to proceed straight to Bandung, West Java, for a function where he will officially announce the Democratic Party's presidential and vice presidential candidates for the July 8 election.
Malarangeng said Yudhoyono's special representative consisting of PD chairman Hadi Utomo, Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi, and State Secretary Hatta Rajasa on Thursday met with PKS leader Tifatul Sembiring and the party's secretary general, Anis Matta, in Jakarta.
"If PKS really needs an explanation from Yudhoyono, he can give it. And we hope that with the explanation the problem between PKS and Yudhoyono can be overcome, and the declaration in Bandung can take place as scheduled," Malarangeng said.
He said an explanation about Yudhoyono's decision to choose Boediono as his running mate was actually already given to the PKS leadership by phone as Yudhoyono was unable to meet PKS leaders personally because of his tight schedule as president.
Malarangeng said the Democartic Party had also sent an official invitation to the PKS leadership to attend the function in Bandung where the Democratic Party would officially declare its presidential and vice presidential candidates on Friday night.
But the PKS had continued to express strong objections to President Yudhoyono's decision to choose Boediono as his running mate, because according to the Islam-based party, Yudhoyono had not consulted it before picking Boediono.***
"It seems that PKS cadres want an explanation about the matter from Yudhoyono himself and hopefully he will meet PKS leaders later today," the head of the Democratic Party's human resources development section, Andi Malarangeng, said here on Friday.
Malarangeng did not mention the exact time of Yudhoyono's meeting with the PKS leaders, saying only it could take place on Friday afternoon in Jakarta after Yudhoyono had returned from Manadao.
But according to the president's schedule, on arrival in Jakarta from Manado, he is to proceed straight to Bandung, West Java, for a function where he will officially announce the Democratic Party's presidential and vice presidential candidates for the July 8 election.
Malarangeng said Yudhoyono's special representative consisting of PD chairman Hadi Utomo, Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi, and State Secretary Hatta Rajasa on Thursday met with PKS leader Tifatul Sembiring and the party's secretary general, Anis Matta, in Jakarta.
"If PKS really needs an explanation from Yudhoyono, he can give it. And we hope that with the explanation the problem between PKS and Yudhoyono can be overcome, and the declaration in Bandung can take place as scheduled," Malarangeng said.
He said an explanation about Yudhoyono's decision to choose Boediono as his running mate was actually already given to the PKS leadership by phone as Yudhoyono was unable to meet PKS leaders personally because of his tight schedule as president.
Malarangeng said the Democartic Party had also sent an official invitation to the PKS leadership to attend the function in Bandung where the Democratic Party would officially declare its presidential and vice presidential candidates on Friday night.
But the PKS had continued to express strong objections to President Yudhoyono's decision to choose Boediono as his running mate, because according to the Islam-based party, Yudhoyono had not consulted it before picking Boediono.***
