Cak Nur meets Amien Rais

Cak Nur meets Amien Rais

YOGYAKARTA: Muslim scholar Nurcholish 'Cak Nur' Madjid on
Wednesday met Amien Rais, presidential candidate from the
National Mandate Party (PAN).

Cak Nur and Amien were graduates of the Chicago University in
the United States.

They said that their meeting was a meeting of two old friends
and they did not discuss political issues.

During the meeting, Cak Nur, who is the rector of the
Paramadina Mulya University, also visited a kindergarten run by
Amien's wife.

Some political parties have approached Cak Nur asking him to
become their presidential candidate.

If Cak Nur runs for the presidency, both figures would compete
for the nation's top post.

Amien is currently speaker of the People's Consultative
Assembly (MPR), the nation's highest legislative body. -- Antara