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Sat, 04/11/2009 - 00:09
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAN PROCEED IN ONE ROUND ONLY: OBSERVER
Surabaya, E Java, April 10 (ANTARA) - Political observer Hermawan Sulistyo said the July 2009 presidential elections could proceed in one round only if the Democratic Party was smart in carrying out its political lobbying.
"The (previous) map of coalition would totally change but the Democratic Party should not turn arrogant owing to the fact that it had not yet won 20 percent (of the seats in the House) so that it needed to coalesce," Sulistyo said here on Friday.
Sulistyo who is political researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), said that the Democrats Party could just coalesce with the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) if its target was only to usher in Yudhoyono into the second presidential term.
"If the Democrats Party is smart enough to lobby other political parties, let alone if it also includes Golkar, it would most likely be able to leave the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) behind alone with the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra). And this would lead to the presidential elections to be held only in one round," he added.
However, it is also quite possible that Jusuf Kalla joins the PDIP and in this case the Democrats Party still could also split Golkar supporters by embracing other Golkar cadres.
"So, whether or not the number of presidential pairs-up would be two or three would be determined by the smartness of the Democratic Party in its political lobbies," he said.
He said that if the Democratic Party was willing to coalesce with Golkar it would lead to two presidential candidate pairs-up only.
Sulistyo saw that Golkar was playing the mediator key in the coalition map because the Golkar votes which were below 15 percent were potential to be channeled to any side of coalition.
"If it wants to coalesce with the Democratic Party it has to compete with PKS while a coalition with PDIP would take Jusuf Kalla to face Megawti Soekarnoputri and to serve as a running mate," Sulistyo said.***1***
"The (previous) map of coalition would totally change but the Democratic Party should not turn arrogant owing to the fact that it had not yet won 20 percent (of the seats in the House) so that it needed to coalesce," Sulistyo said here on Friday.
Sulistyo who is political researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), said that the Democrats Party could just coalesce with the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) if its target was only to usher in Yudhoyono into the second presidential term.
"If the Democrats Party is smart enough to lobby other political parties, let alone if it also includes Golkar, it would most likely be able to leave the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) behind alone with the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra). And this would lead to the presidential elections to be held only in one round," he added.
However, it is also quite possible that Jusuf Kalla joins the PDIP and in this case the Democrats Party still could also split Golkar supporters by embracing other Golkar cadres.
"So, whether or not the number of presidential pairs-up would be two or three would be determined by the smartness of the Democratic Party in its political lobbies," he said.
He said that if the Democratic Party was willing to coalesce with Golkar it would lead to two presidential candidate pairs-up only.
Sulistyo saw that Golkar was playing the mediator key in the coalition map because the Golkar votes which were below 15 percent were potential to be channeled to any side of coalition.
"If it wants to coalesce with the Democratic Party it has to compete with PKS while a coalition with PDIP would take Jusuf Kalla to face Megawti Soekarnoputri and to serve as a running mate," Sulistyo said.***1***
