The moment at the table of the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri and the sixth president of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) to the event network G20 summit Bali garners praise. Several parties hope this rare moment is a sign of kindness ahead of the 2024 election.
Megawati-SBY moment at the same time
The photo of Megawati and SBY at the table was widely circulated. detikcom obtained the photo from two Democratic Party elites, Andi Arief and Jansen Sitindaon, on Tuesday (11/15). At that moment Megawati and SBY were sitting at a round table with other national personalities.
They can be seen wearing matching batik colours, namely blue and red. SBY, who is also the chairman of the Democratic Party’s upper house, wore a blue batik. Not only SBY, Megawati, who sat opposite SBY, also wore the same batik color, blue.
Megawati sat next to Hamzah Haz, while SBY was opposite in Megawati’s seat. SBY and Megawati smiled as they were captured in the photo.
In addition to SBY and Megawati, 10th and 12th Vice Presidents Jusuf Kalla and his wife were seen at the table. JK was seen wearing a red batik, while his wife wore a blue batik.
Also at the table were the speaker of the Indonesian parliament, Puan Maharani, and the sixth vice president, Try Sutrisno. The dress Puan wore was slightly different from the others. Puan looked elegant in his black suit.
Several political party elites praised the moment. They praised with various comments, see in full:
Blessing of the G20
Daily DPP Gerindra party chairman Sufmi Dasco Ahmad responded to the moment Megawati and SBY sat down at the G20 summit table in Bali. Dasco said this was a blessing from the G20 event.
“Well, that’s a blessing from the G20. So thanks to the G20, we see that our nation’s leaders can sit at the same table at a historic moment for the Indonesian nation. And obviously this is one that shows great spirit,” Dasco said at the DPR Building, Senayan, Jakarta on Wednesday (11/16/2022).
Dasco believes leaders put their best interests first. He also enjoyed the meeting between Megawati and SBY.
“We should appreciate that then there are those who think that then sit around there is another interpretation, yes I will not comment, because this is the domain of every political party, I will not comment further. But I am very grateful that our leaders can sit at a table,” he said.
He also hopes that this moment will cool the mood for the 2024 legislative and presidential elections.
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