Prabowo Gives Coalition Parties a Week to Propose VP Pick

President Prabowo Subianto gave the parties backing him one week to discuss the name of a vice presidential candidate to be proposed to the MPR. The instruction was delivered in a meeting with party chairmen and senior leaders at Istana Bogor, Jawa Barat, on Friday night. PAN chairman Zulkifli Hasan said each party would review the proposal internally, although the final decision remains with the president. PAN, he said, is not putting forward a cadre. Prabowo is also expected to call the chairmen again after an agenda in Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, to attend Muhammadiyah's Tanwir, then to Manila, Philippines, to attend the ASEAN summit. The Bogor meeting discussed two vice presidential candidates to be submitted to MPR RI.