Cidiss. President Joko Widodo was present at the Pencak Silat Padepokan, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, East Jakarta, Wednesday (08/29/2018) to watch the 2018 Asian Games Pencak Silat sports final. The presence of Jokowi was welcomed by Prabowo Subianto who was at the location since the morning General PB IPSI (Indonesian Pencak Silat Association). Jokowi came wearing the Asian Games red jacket. The two met after the last meeting on August 10 when registering Candidates to the KPU.
Prabowo welcomed the arrival of President Jokowi. The audience welcomed the arrival of Rani, and the Chairman of the Indonesian Contingent, Komjen Pol Syafrudin.
With enthusiasm, Prabowo explained to President Jokowi and Vice President JK about the athletes who were competing. They enthusiastically watched the match and gave encouragement to Indonesian martial arts athletes who have contributed 11 gold so far. Three of them were obtained today through Sugianto’s brilliant appearance on the art of men’s singles, Ayu Sidan Wilantari-Ni Made Dwiyanti in the artistic double number of pencak silat, and pencak silat regu putri which was fronted by Yuristya Pramudita, Gina Tri Lestari, and Lutfi Nurhasanah .
Jokowi and Prabowo were seen embracing each other, this moment began when Hanifan, who had just been gold medal, went up to the VIP stands where Jokowi and Prabowo sat watching the match. Hanifan then kissed Jokowi’s and Prabowo’s hands. After that Hanifan embraced the two characters so they hugged each other tightly.
Previously, Hanifan confirmed Indonesia’s 13th gold medal from the 2018 Asian Games martial arts branch after defeating Nguyen Thai Linh from Vietnam 3-2 in the men’s class 55-60 kg at Padepokan Pencak Silat TMII, Jakarta.
The presence of Prabowo and Jokowi is quite surprising because both are two presidential candidates who have registered for 2019 presidential election.
By : Rikky, S*)
