CIDISS. Joko Widodo and the supporting coalition party officially announced the vice presidential candidate for the 2019 Presidential Election, Jokowi’s decision and the supporting party voted for the Chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) Prof. Dr. Kyai Haji Ma’ruf Amin, at Plataran Restaurant, Jalan Hos Tjokroaminoto, Menteng , Central Jakarta, Thursday (08/09/2018) Jokowi and the coalition party held a press conference announcing the name of the vice president who was accompanying him to fight in the 2019 presidential election.
The election of Ma’ruf Amin as the vice president of Joko Widodo after several well-known names appeared such as Mahfud MD, Muhaimin Iskandar, and M.Romahurmuzi, Ma’ruf Amin considered a balanced figure to accompany Jokowi in the 2019 Presidential Election, he was experienced in many fields and the most the main is Religion, “There may be some dissatisfied parties throughout the homeland why Prof. Dr. Kyai Haji Ma’ruf Amin was chosen, Prof. Dr. Kyai Haji Ma’ruf Amin was born in Tangerang March 11, 1943 is a wise religious shop” concluded Jokowi .
Ma’ruf Amin said that in the near future, he would establish a friendly relationship with the Alumni Brotherhood (PA) 212, which often contradicted the government of President Joko Widodo. his residence in Koja North Jakarta, Thursday (9/8).
Ma’ruf claimed he was one of the parties who moved PA 212, but he regretted that the action continued after Ahok was declared guilty “212 I used to move, only after Ahok was finished did it finish. This action was considered by Ma’ruf to be too excessive, for the future he hoped Muslims would be more united in building the Nation. He hopes that in the future he can muffle the voices of negative voices that are often passed on to Jokowi, who often mentions that the current government is not close to Ulama.
By : Rikky,S*)
