Jokowi (left) said the meeting was a reciprocal gesture after Prabowo (right) visited him in Surakarta in early November. - The Jakarta Post/ANN
JAKARTA: Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo’s recent dinner with President Prabowo Subianto indicates that the former president is trying to secure political protection after his former party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), closed the door for reconciliation with him.
From his hometown of Surakarta in Central Java, Jokowi flew to Jakarta on Friday (Dec 6) to visit rival-turned-ally Prabowo in his residence in Kertanegara, where the Gerindra Party chairman has often hosted talks with political party leaders.
