Former VP Try Sutrisno meets sultan

Former VP Try Sutrisno meets sultan

YOGYAKARTA: Former vice president Try Sutrisno met Yogyakarta
Governor Sultan Hamengkubuwono X at the latter's residence on
Sunday, and agreed to call on the public to maintain peace during
the elections.

"We all hope the elections will be held peacefully," Try, who
is also the founder of the Indonesian Unity and Justice Party
(PKPI), told reporters after the meeting.

He said he discussed general issues with the sultan, and
avoided discussing the presidential election.

Hamengkubuwono had pulled out of the Golkar Party convention
to select the party's presidential candidate.

Several national figures and presidential aspirants, including
former president Abdurrahman Wahid, former Indonesian Military
chief Gen. (ret) Wiranto and fellow Golkar presidential hopeful
Surya Paloh, had earlier met Hamengkubuwono. --JP