Democrats' Finger to the Wind
THE heated debate on political party alignments has reignited. The new round of speculation began when Democrat Party Chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace on Monday two weeks ago. The stated purpose of the meeting was to discuss the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) summit set to take place in Bali in July 2015. Yudhoyono became chief of the GGGI after seeing out his term as Indonesia's president in October.
Speculation that Yudhoyono and Jokowi were actually talking politics was disputed by Amir Syamsuddin, head of the Democrats' ethics board. Amir said the party had no plans to join the coalition of parties supporting Jokowi, as the president is known. It had nothing to do with coalition issues, Amir said two days after the meeting.
December 23, 2014
| Do you believe the Democrat Party will join Jokowi's coalition? (December 9-18, 2014) | ||
| Yes |  | |
| 33,2% | 281 | |
| No |  | |
| 61,4% | 521 | |
| Unsure |  | |
| 5,4% | 46 | |
| Total | (100%) | 848 |
THE heated debate on political party alignments has reignited. The new round of speculation began when Democrat Party Chairman Susilo B |