Megawati indecisive on second-term

Megawati indecisive on second-term

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri has failed to say
directly whether she will run for a second term next year.

Speaking before some 150 Japanese journalists at the Japan
National Press Club in Tokyo on Monday, the President, who is
also the chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), only said that as chairwoman of the
ruling party, she had been nominated by party members during the
party's congress in the Central Java capital of Semarang last
year.

She vowed, however, that if she was reelected, her government
would focus on eradicating corruption.

Megawati claimed she did not have enough time to combat
corruption during her current presidency as she had only three
years from the time she assumed power.

"We need more time. Corruption cannot be eradicated in such a
short time," she argued.--Antara