Megawati wins Yogya support

YOGYAKARTA: The Deputy Chief of the Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) in Yogyakarta here issued a strong warning that delegates from the provincial chapter must vote for incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri in next month's congress in Semarang, Central Java.

Suprapto claimed that party regional branches -- Kulonprogo, Bantul, Sleman, and Gunung Kidul mayoralties -- in the Yogyakarta chapter have already committed their support for Megawati's re- election as party chief.

Suprapto told The Jakarta Post. that all twenty eight delegates from the Yogyakarta regional branches going to the congress must vote for Megawati or face a "party's trial".

He said any deviation was tantamount to a betrayal.(44)