REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will convene two pairs of presidential candidates today, ahead of the official announcement of electoral results on July 22. The meeting will be held at 5 pm at the State Palace. 

"The president has invited the both presidential pairs," presidential spokesperson, Julian Aldrin Pasha, said on Sunday. "He will share the table two presidential candidates while the Vice President (Boediono -ed) will seat with the vice presidential candidates," he added.

Among the invitees are also leaders of the state institutions. Pasha said that all those invited had confirmed to come, including some ministers as well as chiefs of General Elections Commission (KPU) and Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu). The pairs contesting in recent election are Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Hatta Rajasa and Jowo "Jokowi" Widodo and Jusuf Kalla.

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