PPP to pick leaders for presidency

PPP to pick leaders for presidency

BANDUNG: The United Development Party (PPP) may choose among
its four leading figures for its presidential candidate, a party
executive said here on Tuesday.

PPP deputy secretary-general Chozin Chumaedi told reporters
after addressing party supporters at Saparua sports hall that the
most prospective presidential candidates were chairman Hamzah
Haz, his predecessor Ismail Hasan Metareum, State Minister of
Food and Horticulture A.M. Saeffudin and senior executive Jusuf
Syakir.

"In principle, we are not going to nominate outsiders,
including the incumbent President B.J. Habibie," Chozin said.

Chozin reiterated that PPP executives would list its
presidential candidates but would leave the final say to ulemas,
who would pick a name through an edict. The selection will only
run after the June 7 polls. (43)