ID :
28676
Wed, 11/05/2008 - 19:14
Auther :
Shortlink :
http://m.oananews.org//node/28676
The shortlink copeid
VP : PERSON FROM MINORITY GROUP CAN BECOME PRESIDENT
Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said a good lesson that could be learned from Barack Obama's victory in the United States presidential election was that a person from a minority group can become a country's president.
"Somebody from a minority group can become president. Now there are minorities in the United States and other parts of the world," Kalla said at the vice presidential palace here on Wednesday.
According to the vice president, it was no longer important to talk about race, ethnic groups or skin color because the important thing was one's capability.
Asked if Obama's victory would motivate him to run for president in next year's general elections, Kalla said, "I am now vice president, so what next?".
Kalla said another lesson Indonesia could learn from Obama's victory was about the way to convey new ideas on national development.
On the occasion ,the vice president also congratulated Democrat Barack Obama on winning the United States presidential election.
"As we have expected and predicted Obama's victory, we have to congratulate him," Kalla said at the vice presidential palace here on Wednesday.
The vice president said Obama's landslide and surprising victory in the US presidential election had actually been predicted by many people around the world. What had not been expected was the wide margin of votes by which he had won.
Meanwhile, AFP reported from Washington DC, that hundreds of young demonstrators flooded the avenue in front of the White House late on Tuesday in raucous of celebration, and chanting and shouting their delight at Barack Obama's historic election win.
Many in the crowd -- chiefly students from Washington-area universities -- waved red, white, and blue balloons, others pushed their Obama campaign signs to the sky, most chanted Obama's name, his "yes, we can" slogan, or "USA! USA!"
Laura Kiefer, 18, laughed about the key role her home state of Ohio played in the Democrat's historic victory -- "I got a hug from my entire dorm, it was great!"
"Somebody from a minority group can become president. Now there are minorities in the United States and other parts of the world," Kalla said at the vice presidential palace here on Wednesday.
According to the vice president, it was no longer important to talk about race, ethnic groups or skin color because the important thing was one's capability.
Asked if Obama's victory would motivate him to run for president in next year's general elections, Kalla said, "I am now vice president, so what next?".
Kalla said another lesson Indonesia could learn from Obama's victory was about the way to convey new ideas on national development.
On the occasion ,the vice president also congratulated Democrat Barack Obama on winning the United States presidential election.
"As we have expected and predicted Obama's victory, we have to congratulate him," Kalla said at the vice presidential palace here on Wednesday.
The vice president said Obama's landslide and surprising victory in the US presidential election had actually been predicted by many people around the world. What had not been expected was the wide margin of votes by which he had won.
Meanwhile, AFP reported from Washington DC, that hundreds of young demonstrators flooded the avenue in front of the White House late on Tuesday in raucous of celebration, and chanting and shouting their delight at Barack Obama's historic election win.
Many in the crowd -- chiefly students from Washington-area universities -- waved red, white, and blue balloons, others pushed their Obama campaign signs to the sky, most chanted Obama's name, his "yes, we can" slogan, or "USA! USA!"
Laura Kiefer, 18, laughed about the key role her home state of Ohio played in the Democrat's historic victory -- "I got a hug from my entire dorm, it was great!"
