Mahfud: Senang Dicalonkan di Survei, tapi tidak Sama dengan Kepingin
Glad of Being Candidate in Survey Differs from Wanting to be President
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Intan Permata Sari
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Jakarta (B2B) - Ketua Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK) Mahfud MD mengaku bahwa dirinya senang telah dimasukkan di antara calon presiden di hasil survei.
Namun ia mengaku bahwa hasil survei tersebut bukan fakta politik sehingga ia tidak bisa berkomentar lebih jauh tentang hal itu.
"Tapi saya selalu mengatakan bahwa senang tidak sama dengan ingin. Saya tidak berani mengatakan saya ingin pendapat tersebut menjadi fakta. Itu jelas hanyalah hasil survei dan mungkin saja berbeda dari fakta-fakta politik," katanya kepada pers setelah diterima President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono di Jakarta, Rabu (5/12).
Mahfud MD bertemu dengan Presiden untuk melaporkan tentang akhir masa jabatannya pada bulan April tahun depan.
Sementara, Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono berharap akan lebih banyak sosok untuk menjadi calon presiden untuk Pemilihan Presiden 2014.
"Saya lihat sejauh ini sudah ada 36 calon. Saya berharap akan lebih banyak muncul," katanya kepada pers di Jakarta, Rabu sambil menantikan kedatangan Ketua Mahkamah Konstitusi Mahfud MD di kantor kepresidenan.
Jakarta (B2B) - Constitutional Court Chairman Mahfud MD said that he was glad for being included among the candidates in the survey results.
However he said that survey results were not political facts and therefore he could not comment much about them.
"But I have always said that being glad is not the same as wanting to. I dare not say I want to as an opinion is not a fact. It is clear they are mere survey results and they may be different from political facts," he told the press after being received by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hoped more would emerge to become presidential candidates for the 2014 election.
"I have learned 36 so far. I hope others would appear," he said to newsmen here on Wednesday while awaiting the arrival of Constitutional Court Chairman Mahfud MD for a meeting.
