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Megawati has asked her party members to wait as she calculates her final decision on its presidential nomination.
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Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri. (JP/Zul Trio Anggono)
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he ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has asked her party members to wait as she calculates her final decision on its presidential nomination to bag another victory in the upcoming elections.
"Have a little patience. We still have two years on. I am allowed to keep it to myself, am I not?” Megawati told the cadres with a smirk at her speed in closing the party’s national meeting on Thursday.
The 75-years-old matriarch said that she would like to give careful consideration before she unveils her final choice as nominee.
“I, as the chairwoman, have to calculate. My calculations aren't finished yet,” the party leader said, accompanied by her daughter House Speaker Puan Maharani and son Prananda Prabowo.
