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