A PDIP official said Mr Widodo and his son Gibran were not expelled by the party.
JAKARTA – Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his son, incoming Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, are no longer members of the country’s largest party after they backed rival candidate and election winner Prabowo Subianto, a party official said on April 23.
Helped by Mr Widodo’s tacit endorsement and with Mr Gibran as running mate, Mr Prabowo won by a huge margin in the Feb 14 election, taking 58 per cent of the vote compared with Mr Ganjar’s 16 per cent.“Regardless of what happened, Jokowi reached the highest career level in the party, he has become president. We want to preserve his dignity,” he said.Mr Widodo joined PDIP in 2004 to run for mayor of Surakarta and won two terms.
Mr Widodo has yet to discuss his political plans but according to several sources, he wants to take over the second-biggest party, Golkar, a move that could see him retain sizable influence and potentially counterbalance that of old rival Prabowo when he takes office in October.
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