Battle in Indonesia Presidential Election

Megawati Soekarnoputri chose a former commander of Indonesia' s special forces, Prabowo Subianto, as her running mate in the nation's July presidential election.
Megawati, who served as president from 2001 to 2004, may broaden her appeal to voters with the choice of Prabowo, son-in- law of another former leader, Suharto, who died last year.
Incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono boosted his chances for re-election in April 9 parliamentary elections when his Democrat party won 20.85 percent of the vote to become the
nation' s biggest legislative force.
Megawati' s Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle is set to slip to number 3 in parliament behind Golkar, the party linked to Suharto and now led by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who has
named former army chief Wiranto as his running mate in the
presidential race.
Prabowo, now heads the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerakan Rakyat Indonesia Raya).
Yudhoyono last week announced his choice of Boediono, governor of the nation' s central bank, as his running mate.