TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Home Affair Minister Gamawan Fauzi said that the president candidate of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, will become officially inactive Governor of Jakarta starting today, June 1.
"[It is] based on the Government Regulation No.29/2014. The presidential decree regarding the deactivation will be issued a day after it is determined," said Gamawan through short message today, May 31.
Gamawan said that he is in coordination with the State Secretariat to prepare the Presidential Decree on Joko Widodo's Temporary Inactive Status.
Yesterday, the General Election Commission (KPU) has officially confirmed both Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla and Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa as the competing presidential candidates. KPU Commissioner Hadar Nafis Gumay said that each candidate pairs will be invited to attend the drawing of sequence numbers.
TIKA PRIMANDARI