Political feud SBY - Mega

Political feud SBY - Mega

The feud between the two political leaders scramble coloring homeland reins of leadership in Indonesia this year .

Former President Megawati Sukarnoputri , chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle ( PDI - P ) , at the end of last week rejected the team's arrival envoy of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , who represents the Democratic Party , according to the source . Megawati " not willing to accept " SBY envoy , the source told the Wall Street Journal . The team led by Bernhard Tiopan Silalahi , a retired general and SBY adviser , said the source .

The rejection suggests reluctance on the part of the PDI - P , which in the general election ( election ) legislative won 19 % of the vote , to form a coalition with the Democratic party to the stairs presidency . Popularity of presidential candidates PDI - P Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo , during the past year has exceeded its competitors . However , the low party vote totals publicly raised doubts about the ability Jokowi , as he is usually called , in withstand the onslaught of the opponent .

Both parties declined to comment .
Indonesian politics back into the lobby for a period action-packed party gets 10 seats in parliament after legislative elections seek coalition partners . PDI - P has tied up with smaller parties . The move has been enough to qualify to nominate Jokowi as president .

According to analysts , Jokowi still have a great chance of winning the presidential election .

However , candidates from Golkar Party and Indonesian Movement Party (Gerindra ) was got wind that carried him after the party reap bigger sound than expected . Now , both are trying to build a coalition in order to prop Jokowi .

Megawati rejection is one of the many old scores in domestic politics .

SBY during the reign of Megawati was a senior minister until 2003. Memutusukan He retreated and set up a rival Megawati's Democratic Party for the presidential elections in Indonesia in 2004 . Kubu SBY narrowly won . However , in the next election in 2009, the Democratic majority drank .

President is the head of the party . However , a number of scandals of corruption and weak governance have pressed the popularity of the party down to the lowest point . However , Democrats still catching 10 % of the vote in the last legislative elections . That is , the party still has an important role to support one of the three presidential candidates .

" [ SBY ] seems to know that 10 % of the vote still means , " said Bawono Kumoro , analyst Habibie Center . " He seems to be a kingmaker . " Kumoro said Democratic Party candidates can still apply through a coalition with the Islamist party that won two excellent results in pileg yesterday . Combined the three parties have 26 % of the vote .

Maftuh Basyuni , a career diplomat Democrat , said on Tuesday that his party will continue with the convention .

Megawati " repeat the mistakes [ that he did ] in 1999, " said John Solomon , Indonesia Defense University lecturer .

In 1999 , the PDI - P winning the legislative elections . However , he failed to become president intercepted due to a coalition of parties in the House of Representatives . | WSJ