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Detik News - September 20, 2018

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Elza Astari Retaduari, Jakarta – The youngest son of former president Suharto and Working Party (Partai Berkarya) chairperson Hutomo Mandala Putra (Tommy Soeharto) has joined the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno election campaign team referred to as the National Winning Board.

His older sister, who is also the chairperson of the Working Party's advisory board, Siti Hediati Hariyadi (Titiek Soeharto), has also joined the Prabowo-Sandi election campaign team (timses).

Based on information gathered by Detik, on Thursday September 20, Tommy became one of the advisory board members while Titiek became a member of the management board.

The following is a list of names on the Prabowo-Sandiaga election campaign advisory and management boards:

Advisory Board

Prabowo Subianto (chairperson)
Sandiaga Uno
Amien Rais
Salim Segaf Al-jufri
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono
Hutomo Mandala Putra (Tommy Soeharto)

Management Board

M Sohibul Iman (chairperson)
Siti Hediati (Titiek Soeharto)
Mulfachri Harahap
Moekhlas Sidik
Fadli Zon
Amir Syamsuddin
Ahmad Heryawan
Ust Yusuf Martak

In total there are 800 people on the Prabowo-Sandiaga election campaign team. The team will be led by Prabowo's Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) advisory board member and former Armed Forces commander Djoko Santoso.

Santoso said that the timses structure would be registered with the General Elections Commission (KPU) later this evening.

"We will go all out after magrib [evening prayers] because they (the KPU) are currently in a meeting", said Santoso speaking in front of Prabowo's private residence on Jl. Kertanegara in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Thursday September 20. (elz/dkp)

[Translated by James Balowski for the Indoleft News Service. The original title of the article was Tommy Soeharto Dewan Pembina Timses Prabowo, Titiek Dewan Pengarah.]

Source: https://news.detik.com/berita/d-4221185/tommy-soeharto-dewan-pembina-timses-prabowo-titiek-dewan-pengarah.

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