FADEL Muhammad was smiling. The chair of the Gorontalo Golkar chapter was exultant because he was included in the list of 10 presidential candidate nominations compiled by the National Leadership Meeting at the Borobudur Hotel in Central Jakarta on Sunday evening last week. He was mentioned as a presidential candidate by Golkar Papua and East Nusa Tenggara during a general debate session. “I got in,” said Fadel optimistically.

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