Ibas and Aliya get engaged
It was a special day for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and near political ally Coordinating Minister for the Economic climate Hatta Rajasa because they noticed their youngsters united in an engagement ceremony held Wednesday evening in Jakarta.
Ibas and Aliya get engaged
The youngest son of President Yudhoyono, Edhie “Ibas” Baskoro pledged to wed Siti Ruby Aliya Rajasa, Hatta’s daughter at the engagement ceremony.
The 20-vehicle entourage of Yudhoyono and 1st Woman Kristiani Herawati arrived at Hatta’s residence on Jl. RS Fatmawati in South Jakarta at 8:fifteen p.m. Yudhoyono rode in his non-public automobile, not the presidential automobile.
Yudhoyono was dressed in brown batik and Kristiani wore a gold kebaya.
Yudhoyono was accompanied by his eldest son Agus Harimurti, daughter-in-law Annisa Pohan, Democratic Celebration politician Hadi Utomo, State Secretary Sudi Silalahi and Coordinating Political, Legal and Safety Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto.
The engagement ceremony - closed to the public - fell on Aliya’s 25th birthday, using the wedding ceremony was reportedly scheduled for Nov. 24 this yr, to coincide with Ibas’ 31st birthday.
“This can be a family affair,” presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said Tuesday.
Yudhoyono, founder and chief patron with the ruling Democratic Celebration has powerful relations with Hatta, who has two times been appointed minister in Yudhoyono’s Cabinet.
In 2009, Yudhoyono appointed Hatta, a senior politician from the Countrywide Mandate Celebration (PAN) to the publish of coordinating minister for your economic climate.
Hatta then chaired PAN in 2010, strengthening his place to support Yudhoyono’s administration inside the six-party ruling coalition.
PAN politicians said the engagement wasn't politically inspired, but a really like match.
“Love is God’s business, human beings cannot interfere. We must respect it rather than trying to link every thing with politics,” senior PAN politician and Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar stated.
He stated PAN would compete versus the Democratic Celebration inside the 2014 general elections.
PAN politician Bima Arya also denied there had been political motives behind the engagement.
“This is not politics, this can be a coalition of adore,” he stated.
Outspoken Democratic Celebration politician Ruhut Sitompul agreed, but expressed wish for greater relations with PAN.
“If needed, the two could merge as 1 since the parties use the same color in their branding.”
House of Representative deputy speaker Pramono Anung in the Indonesian Democratic Celebration of Struggle (PDI-P) claimed this wasn't a standard engagement as both Ibas and Aliya were linked to top figures within the country.
Ibas, a graduate of Curtin University of Technology in Perth, will be the secretary-general of the Democratic Party. He is also a legislator within the House’s Commission I overseeing safety and worldwide affairs.
Aliya graduated from the Bandung Institute of Technologies (ITB) company and management school. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in London.
