SBY Harapkan Lebih Banyak Calon Presiden yang Muncul

SBY Hopes More to Emerge to be Presidential Candidates

Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu


SBY Harapkan Lebih Banyak Calon Presiden yang Muncul
Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (Foto: matanews.com)

Jakarta (B2B) - 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.

Februari lalu, Presiden mengatakan ia telah mencatat 26 calon. Sementara itu Lembaga Survei Indonesia baru-baru ini merilis 24 nama, termasuk Mahfud MD, mantan wakil presiden Jusuf Kalla, mantan tokoh militer Prabowo dan mantan menteri keuangan Sri Mulyani.

Majalah terbitan Indonesia yang dipimpin oleh wartawan senior Gunawan Moehammad, berencana untuk mengungkap 36 nama calon.

Jakarta (B2B) - 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.

Last February the President said he had recorded 26 candidates. Meanwhile the Indonesia Survey Institute recently released 24 names including Mahfud MD, former vice president Jusuf Kalla, former military figure Prabowo and former finance minister Sri Mulyani.

The Indonesia Magazine led by senior journalist Gunawan Moehammad meanwhile plans to reveal 36 names of candidates.