General Chairman of Democratic Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) and his son Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono.

AHY never been proposed to be Jokowi's running mate: SBY

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Democratic Party chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he never proposed vice presidential candidate to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). His statement came following a rumor about his son Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY). "I never proposed vice presidential candidate from Democratic Party to Mr Jokowi, including AHY as mentioned recently," said SBY at his residence in South Jakarta...

Head of National Police Public Relations Mohammad Iqbal

Seizure of #2019GantiPresiden merchandises is hoax: Police

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- National Police stated no instruction ever issued to the regional police on the seizure of #2019GantiPresiden merchandises. Head of National Police Public Relations Mohammad Iqbal said the police have never forbid the people to wear such attributes. "If it is only a stamp, we did not forbid it. There is no instruction to prohibit it," Iqbal...