The meeting in the Holy Land is getting more intense, Ganjar meets Sandiaga

At Jeddah International Airport, Ganjar Pranowo and Sandiaga Uno met. At that time, Ganjar said he was waiting for Sandiaga's arrival. Previously, Sandiaga was proposed by PPP to accompany Ganjar in the 2024 presidential election.

The following article was translated using both Microsoft Azure Open AI and Google Translation AI.

DOKUMENTASI TIM SANDIAGA

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno met with potential presidential candidate from PDI-P, Ganjar Pranowo, at the waiting room for aircraft arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday (July 1, 2023).

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - Meeting of political figures during or after they perform worship pilgrimage, the more intense. After meeting with the presidential candidate from the Change Coalition for Unity Anies Rasyid Baswedan, Ganjar Pranowo as the presidential candidate from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle met with the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

• The meeting between Ganjar Pranowo and Sandiaga Uno took place in the waiting room of King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah.
• The intense conversation between the two also occurred when they were in transit at the Dubai airport.
• Sandiaga's meeting with Ganjar in Jeddah further confirmed the names that had previously emerged as Ganjar's running mate.

The meeting between Ganjar Pranowo and Sandiaga Uno took place in the waiting room of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday (1/7/2023) at around 02.37 local time. Both were waiting for their flight to return to Indonesia after performing the Hajj pilgrimage.

Ganjar was already in the waiting room for the plane's departure. Suddenly, Sandiaga came and greeted Ganjar and his family. "I'm waiting for his arrival," said Ganjar, when Sandiaga arrived at the waiting room, at that time Sandiaga immediately greeted Ganjar.

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Sandiaga was seen wearing light green koko shirt, while Ganjar was wearing white koko shirt.

Sandiaga then introduced one of the officials in a ministry in Saudi Arabia to Ganjar. The official wears a traditional robe commonly called Bisht. "Mr Osama, this is the one I mention to you, God willing, the next President (this is the person I told you about, God willing the next president)," said Sandiaga.

Sandiaga and Ganjar were seen talking while standing and waiting for the call of their flight departure that they will board to return to Indonesia.

Afterwards, Sandiaga and Ganjar were seen chatting while standing and waiting for their flight call to return to Indonesia. Coincidentally, they would be boarding the same plane. Intense conversation also took place between them while they were in transit at Dubai airport.

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KOMPAS/RONY ARIYANTO NUGROHO

Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno (in the center) wearing a PPP jacket which was handed over by the Acting Chairman of PPP, Muhammad Mardiono (third from the left) at the event of Handing Over Membership Card of Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP) to Sandiaga Salahudin Uno at PPP Headquarter Office, Jakarta, on Wednesday (June 15, 2023).

Since officially becoming a member of the United Development Party (PPP) in mid-June 2023, the PPP immediately proposed Sandiaga as a potential candidate for vice president (cawapres) to accompany Ganjar in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres). The Acting Chairman of PPP, Muhammad Mardiono, is tasked with promoting and presenting Sandiaga's name as a potential running mate for Ganjar to the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Enter the study

Sandiaga's meeting with Ganjar in Jeddah further confirmed the names that had previously emerged as Ganjar's running mate. Previously, PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto mentioned several names for Ganjar's vice presidential candidates, one of which was Sandiaga.

Besides Sandiaga, there are West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil, State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir, Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Mahfud MD, Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono, and former West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan.

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KOMPAS/HENDRA A SETYAWAN

PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto

Hasto affirmed that the Chairperson of PDIP, Megawati Soekarnoputri, will speak with the political parties supporting Ganjar and consult with President Joko Widodo regarding Ganjar's potential vice presidential candidate. Thus far, there are at least three political parties supporting Ganjar, namely PPP, Hanura Party, and Perindo Party. The announcement of the potential vice presidential candidate will be made at the appropriate moment.

"Empirically speaking from the experience of the 2014 and 2019 Presidential Elections, yes, although PDI Perjuangan can run independently, the spirit of mutual cooperation with the emergence of the parties that join, yes, of course, later the names of potential vice presidential candidates will be discussed and then decided at the appropriate moment," said Hasto."

General Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati Soekarnoputri, will speak with the political parties that support Ganjar and consult with President Joko Widodo regarding the potential vice presidential candidate, Ganjar.

He revealed that during the political cooperation meeting between the PDI-P and PPP on April 30, 2023, Mardiono had already conveyed to Megawati about the growing aspiration, namely proposing Sandiaga Uno as one of the potential vice presidential candidates for Ganjar. Sandiaga's name was then processed and included in the list of 10 potential vice presidential candidates for Ganjar.

"All of those names have been included for a dynamic study in accordance with the national political dynamics and also political party cooperation that has been built. Mrs. Megawati Soekarnoputri has also stated that there are 10 names for potential vice presidential candidates who will accompany Mr. Ganjar Pranowo, which will be decided at the appropriate moment," said Hasto."

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DOKUMENTASI MENTERI PPN/KEPALA BAPPENAS SUHARSO MONOARFA

Presidential candidate from PDI-P, Ganjar Pranowo (seated on the left), Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas, Suharso Monoarfa (standing), and presidential candidate from the Coalition for Unity and Change, Anies Baswedan (standing), met in Mina, Saudi Arabia, on Monday (26/6/2023) local time. They, who were performing the Hajj pilgrimage with their respective families, were said to have accidentally met at a palace banquet for guests of the Saudi Arabian King.

Apart from the meeting between Ganjar and Sandiaga, a number of political elites who differed in their attitude towards the 2024 Presidential Election, also met during the pilgrimage, at the The Holy Land. For example, Thursday (29/6/2023) evening, Saudi Arabia time, Chairperson of the PDI-P Central Leadership Council (DPP) who is also Chair of the DPR Puan Maharani met former Governor of DKI Jakarta who also the presidential candidate from Anies Baswedan's Coalition for Change for Unity (KPP), during the haj pilgrimage, in Mina, Saudi Arabia.

Three days earlier, precisely on Monday (26/6), Ganjar also met with Anies, at the Jamuan Tamu Raja Palace, in Mina. This meeting was revealed from a photo sent by the Minister of National Development Planning/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa.