Awaiting Cikeas’ Approval

Jusuf Kalla wants to team up again with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the upcoming elections. Both Golkar and Democrat Party elites are divided on this, while an idea is emerging that the vice-presidential candidate should not be chairman of a political party.

April 21, 2009

FIVE black sedans entered the gate of the private residence of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in Puri Cikeas, Bogor, West Java, just before 10pm, on Monday last week. The third car in the procession, a MercedesBenz S500 sedan, carried Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK). All the car windows were shut tight.

This was the first meeting between the leaders of the Democrat Party and the Golkar Party after the legislative election was held tw

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