Amien Rais tops Lampung poll

Amien Rais tops Lampung poll

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: A poll of 1,402 respondents held by
students of Lampung University has top ranked Amien Rais,
chairman of the National Mandate Party as future president,
Antara reported Wednesday.

Held by the Teknokra student newspaper, the survey involved
students from various higher education institutions in Bandar
Lampung.

The poll showed that 28.2 percent voted for Amien Rais, 15.05
percent elected Megawati Soekarnoputri, chairwoman of the popular
faction of the splintered Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI
Perjuangan), 6 percent chose Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid,
chairman of Nahdatul Ulama, followed by Yogyakarta monarch and
governor Sultan Hamengkubuwono X with 4.8 percent. President B.J.
Habibie came last with 3.07 percent.

Another 5.27 percent chose "others" who included
former vice president Try Sutrisno, Minister of Security and
Defense/Armed Forces Commander Gen. Wiranto, chairman of the
Crescent Star Party Yusril Ihza Mahendra, and new politician and
chairman of the Justice Party Nur Mahmudi Ismail.

Thirty five percent declined to indicate their president of
preference. As for vice president, Megawati topped the list with
21.9 percent, followed by Amien (20.7 percent), Abdurrahman (8.8
percent) while 35.4 percent were "undecided". (edt)