HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON SATURDAY

Jakarta, Feb. 14 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines in major Indonesian newspapers published here on Saturday.

Jakarta Globe
COURT DASHES SMALL PARTIES' HOPES
The Constitutional Court on Friday rejected a demand for a judicial review filed by 11 minor political parties against the minimum election vote share required to gain seats in the House of Representatives of DPR, the court's chief said.

The Jakarta Post
COURT BACKS SIMPLER POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEM

The Constitutional Court overturned Friday a demand to scrap the parliamentary threshold of 2.5 percent giving a major boost to efforts to simplify the political party system.

Media Indonesia
MEGAWATI CONSIDERS GOVERNMENT SLOW IN DEALING WITH CRISIS

For several times, Chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarno Putri strongly criticized the government. The difference is that usually Megawati made the criticism before her own party's members, but this time is before businessmen.

Republika
Chief of the Constitutional Court (MK) Moh Mahfud MD has said that the upcoming general elections had big potential to trigger conflicts.
Parliamentary threshold was among issues which might trigger conflict, he said.

Kompas
SBY-JK COULD FACE EACH OTHER

A possible rivalry between Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kalla in the Presidential Elections 2009 is getting bigger. In fact, Golkar predicted that Kalla might surpass Yudhoyono.