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MEGAWATI TO VISIT TIMIKA ON WEDNESDAY
Timika, Papua, Jan 6 (ANTARA)- Megawati Soekarnoputri, chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) who is also a former president was slated to visit Timika , capital of Mimika district in Papua province, on Wednesday (Jan 7).
Amandus Narwadan, secretary of the PDI-P's Mimika chapter, said here on Tuesday that during the visit Megawati would have a dialogue with the local people.
"There is no other purpose of her coming to Timika except holding a dialogue with local figures and officials of the district administration about regional development," he said.
Megawati, the eldest daughter of the country's first president, Soekarno, would be accompanied by some 54 members of the PDI-P executive board and arrive in Timika on Wednesday by a chartered plane.
Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu would also attend Megawati's dialogue with people in one of the districts of Indonesia's eastern-most province.
On Thursday (Jan 7) Megawati and her entourage would visit the operational area of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia at Grassberg Tembagapura, and later continuing her tour by visiting Ambon in Maluku province, and Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Amandus said.
In the meantime, the director of the Pro-Mega Center, Mochtar Mohammad, said in Gorontalo on December 31 that PDIP was optimistic it could garner 40 percent of the votes in the legislative elections later this year by presenting Megawati Soekarnoputri as its presidential candidate.
The optimism was based on the results of polls by the Indonesia Survey Institute (LSI) showing that the PDIP would be able to collect 31 percent of the votes at national level.
"If the votes are combined with those from other parties, I am convinced Mega will win (in the presidential election) with a 40 percent margin," said Mohammed who is also chairman of the party's Bekasi branch.
As many as 38 political parties will be taking part in the April 2009 legislative general elections.
Amandus Narwadan, secretary of the PDI-P's Mimika chapter, said here on Tuesday that during the visit Megawati would have a dialogue with the local people.
"There is no other purpose of her coming to Timika except holding a dialogue with local figures and officials of the district administration about regional development," he said.
Megawati, the eldest daughter of the country's first president, Soekarno, would be accompanied by some 54 members of the PDI-P executive board and arrive in Timika on Wednesday by a chartered plane.
Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu would also attend Megawati's dialogue with people in one of the districts of Indonesia's eastern-most province.
On Thursday (Jan 7) Megawati and her entourage would visit the operational area of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia at Grassberg Tembagapura, and later continuing her tour by visiting Ambon in Maluku province, and Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Amandus said.
In the meantime, the director of the Pro-Mega Center, Mochtar Mohammad, said in Gorontalo on December 31 that PDIP was optimistic it could garner 40 percent of the votes in the legislative elections later this year by presenting Megawati Soekarnoputri as its presidential candidate.
The optimism was based on the results of polls by the Indonesia Survey Institute (LSI) showing that the PDIP would be able to collect 31 percent of the votes at national level.
"If the votes are combined with those from other parties, I am convinced Mega will win (in the presidential election) with a 40 percent margin," said Mohammed who is also chairman of the party's Bekasi branch.
As many as 38 political parties will be taking part in the April 2009 legislative general elections.
