PDI-P to pick legislative candidates

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) will select its legislative candidates for the 2004- 2009 term between Sept. 15 and Dec. 5.

The party's deputy secretary general Pramono Anung Wibowo said on Tuesday that mostly rank-and-file party members would make the original suggestions, but all final decisions would rest with party's central executive board.

"The central executive board will complete the list of candidates by Dec. 22," Pramono said after the party's weekly meeting presided over by chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri.

The selection process will run simultaneously across the country, Pramono said. --JP