Prabowo-Megawati ties continue to warm ahead of inauguration


Prabowo Subianto (second left) and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri (centre) taking a selfie with Megawati's daughter and Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Puan Maharani at the PDI-P's fifth national congress in Bali. - JP

JAKARTA: President-elect Prabowo Subianto appeared intent to forge warmer ties with Megawati Soekarnoputri as he hopes to have a sit down with the backer-turned-archnemesis of outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo amid signs of a rift between Prabowo and his predecessor.

"God willing, the meeting [between Prabowo and Megawati] will happen before the incoming president’s inauguration next month," Ahmad Muzani, the secretary-general of Prabowo’s Gerindra Party, said on Monday (Sept 9).

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