Gerindra Party Deputy Chairperson Arief Poyuono gave this confirmation when contacted by reporters in Jakarta on Thursday.
"Sandiaga is not from Java. It is for the benefit of the Indonesian people. It is different, for instance, if AHY (Prabowo picked Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono), then it will be a Javanese-Javanese pair," Poyuono noted.
Democratic Party Politician Andi Arief had earlier accused Gerindra Party of having conducted transactional politics without the knowledge of the Democratic Party.
Arief claimed that what he had said was true and based on accurate data.
The news on transactional politics was shocking, as the Democrats had never betrayed by meeting parties apart from Prabowo`s coalition party.
"Hence, I call the general a cardboard. General Cardboard is a general who does not want to think but money (matters to him)," Arief added.
Reporting by Dyah Dwi A
Editing by Andi Abdussalam, Rahmad Nasution
Reporter: antara
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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