Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and his family visit Gerindra's chair Prabowo Subianto at the latter's residence at Bukit Hambalang on Saturday, February 1, 2014.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Fadli Zon, the deputy chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement [Gerindra] Party, said the party’s grassroots had proposed that the party nominate Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, alias Ahok, as the party’s vice presidential contender. “That’s the party’s grassroots’ suggestion,” he said at the Gerindra’s headquarters in Jakarta on Thursday, March 13, 2014.

Besides Ahok, Fadli continued, the other proposed figures were West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan, Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini, National Mandate Party chair Hatta Radjasa, Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin, and ex-Constitutional Court chief justice Jimly Asshidiqie.

Fadli said the party had yet to make a decision as to which figure would become the running mate of Prabowo Subianto, Gerindra’s chair, in the year’s presidential race. “We will decide on this after the legislative election,” he said.

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