Indonesian presidential candidates turn to largest Islamic organisation NU to find running mates
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East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa is among those from NU being wooed by the top presidential candidates.
PHOTO: ALI MASDUKI
JAKARTA – The clock is ticking for Indonesia’s top two presidential candidates to find their running mates for the election in early 2024, with both eyeing a potential candidate who heads the women’s wing of the country’s largest Islamic organisation Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), party insiders said.
Ms Khofifah Indar Parawansa, 58, chairwoman of NU’s women’s wing, Muslimat, for the past 23 years, is the governor of East Java, the second-most populous province in the country.