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Megawati Rebukes SBY for Calling Out Hopefuls
Markus Junianto Sihaloho | February 14, 2012

Megawati Soekarnoputri, the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). (Antara Photo) Megawati Soekarnoputri, the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). (Antara Photo)
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Valkyrie
8:39am Feb 15, 2012

jusdogin...

Hi! Nice to hear from you again!

No, he's busy looking at today's menu.

Have you noticed that:-

- Taking a seat, there's always someone to position a chair for him

- When making a speech, someone will carry the documents to him

- He needs his eye glasses, someone will bring it to him

- When he's finished with all the above there will always be someone to clear the "mess" he made.

Question is, when he has a stomach upset...who's going to attend.

jusdogin
6:23am Feb 15, 2012

maybe the president should think about todays problems


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During a press briefing on Monday evening, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said some 26 aspirants for national office were leveling criticisms at his administration in an attempt to gain popularity ahead of the 2014 presidential election.

Responding to the statement, the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati Sukarnoputri, questioned the intent of Yudhoyono’s comments.

“What is wrong if people want to become president? It’s normal, isn’t it?” Indonesia’s fifth president told reporters in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Asked if her name might be among the 26 figures cited by her successor Yudhoyono, Megawati smiled and said, “You are the one who said that, [not me].”

While Yudhoyono is not eligible to run for a third term, the president’s Democratic Party has yet to select a standard bearer for the 2014 poll.

The president, who is the Democrats’ chief of patrons, also has not publicly indicated a personal preference for any specific successor.

“I follow that many figures are preparing to compete. By my calculation, there are 26 candidates,” Yudhoyono said on Monday.

Polling late last year offered respondents several options and found that Aburizal Bakrie, the Golkar Party chairman, led the list in terms of voters’ presidential preferences.

Of 25 potential presidential candidates listed in the poll, Aburizal came out on top with 13.58 percent, followed by Prabowo Subianto of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) with 8.46 percent and former vice president and Golkar stalwart Jusuf Kalla with 7.06 percent.

Other prominent politicians, including National Mandate Party (PAN) chief Hatta Rajasa, who has family ties to Yudhoyono, have already entered the race.

Names like Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mahfud M.D., former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan have also been mentioned as potential candidates.