Capres 2014, Jokowi Akui Sudah Dapat Mandat dari PDIP
Jakarta Governor Ready to Run for Indonesian Presiden in 2014
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - PDI Perjuangan memberi mandat kepada Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo untuk maju sebagai calon presiden 2014.
"Saya sudah mendapatkan mandat dari Ketua Umum PDI Perjuangan Ibu Megawati Soekarnoputri untuk menjadi capres dari PDI Perjuangan," kata Jokowi di Rumah Si Pitung, Marunda, Jakarta Utara, Jumat.
Warga yang mendengarkan pernyataan Jokowi menyambutnya dengan tepuk tangan meriah sambil mengucapkan "Alhamdulilah".
"Dengan mengucapkan Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, saya siap melaksanakan amanat itu," ucap Jokowi.
Jokowi menyampaikan pernyataan tersebut di hadapan warga sekitar pukul 14.50 WIB.
Setelah menyatakan kesiapannya untuk maju menjadi capres, dia pun mencium bendera merah putih yang ada dibelakangnya.
Jakarta (B2B) - Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo here Friday declared that he was ready for being nominated as presidential candidate by the Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP).
"I have received a mandate from PDIP Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri to run for president," said the governor, popularly called Jokowi, when visiting Marunda, North Jakarta.
Local residents, who listened to his statement, applauded him with standing ovation, and said "Thank God".
"By saying Bismillah (with the name of Allah), I am ready to carry out this mandate," Jokowi told Marunda residents at around 2:50 pm local time.
Having declared his readiness to run for the president, Jokowi then kissed the red and white Indonesian flag behind him.
