Yudhoyono Scheduled to Meet Prabowo Today

Jakarta (Antara) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to meet presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate, Hatta Rajasa, on Friday, at his private residence in Bogor, West Java province. "President Yudhoyono meets Prabowo and Hatta Rajasa in his capacity as the incumbent Indonesian president, not as the chairman of the Democrat Party. A few days ago, Prabowo sent a letter requesting to meet President Yudhoyono," noted presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha. According to Pasha, the meeting will take place on Friday night, at around 9 p.m. West Indonesian Time (WIB). Indonesia will conduct a democratic presidential election on July 9, 2014, which will be contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla (JK). Prabowo Subianto is a retired military general and the chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), while his running mate, Hatta Rajasa, is a former coordinating minister for economic affairs and the chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN). Jokowi is Jakarta's governor and a cadre of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), while his running mate, JK, is a former vice president and a senior politician of the Golkar Party. The Prabowo-Hatta pair is supported by Gerindra, PAN, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the United Development Party (PPP), the Crescent and Star Party (PBB), the Golkar Party, and the Democrat Party. The Jokowi-JK pair is supported by five political parties: PDIP, the Nation Awakening Party (PKB), the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), the Justice and Indonesian Unity Party (PKPI), and the National Democrat Party (Nasdem). (*) Reporting by Panca Hari Prabowo Translating and Editing by Amie Fenia Arimbi