Vying to be the Vice-Presidential Candidate
Erick Thohir and Airlangga Hartarto are maneuvering to be chosen as Prabowo’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election. They are up against Khofifah Indar Parawansa.
Raymundus Rikang
October 16, 2023
OVER a dozen kyais (Islamic clerics) gathered at the house of Imam Bukhori, caretaker of the Ibnu Cholil Islamic Boarding School, in Jalan Halim Perdanakusuma, Bangkalan Regency, East Java, on September 29. They were receiving Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir, one of Prabowo Subianto’s potential running mates, in the sitting room.
The minister’s visit was not planned far in advance. Imam Bukhori had been out
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