Get more girlfriends to swell party vote: President Megawati

JAKARTA – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has told supporters to seek more dates to swell her party’s vote.

“If you have only one girlfriend, look for more. And get them all to join PDI-P so that in the upcoming general election, we can win,” she jokingly told a campaign rally at Semarang city in Central Java on Tuesday, according to Antara news agency.Megawati’s Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which took 34 per cent of the vote to become top party in the 1999 elections, is fighting a challenge from the second-placed Golkar party.Campaigning will end today and the country will go to the polls on April 5 for a general election, with a presidential election three months later.- Nampa-AFPAnd get them all to join PDI-P so that in the upcoming general election, we can win,” she jokingly told a campaign rally at Semarang city in Central Java on Tuesday, according to Antara news agency.Megawati’s Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which took 34 per cent of the vote to become top party in the 1999 elections, is fighting a challenge from the second-placed Golkar party.Campaigning will end today and the country will go to the polls on April 5 for a general election, with a presidential election three months later.- Nampa-AFP