Megawati, Prabowo, to finalize presidential election coalition

An Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) official said his party had deployed a team to discuss final matters with the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) concerning the pairing of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto as running mates for the presidential election.

"We are now in the middle of finalizing talks with Prabowo's team over our plan to name Megawati and Prabowo as president and vice presidential candidates. There are several matters that need to be addressed and we want to discuss them today," Cahyo Utomo, head of the PDI-P’s central board, said on Wednesday.

He said the team was led by Theo Syafei, Secretary-General Pramono Anung and Puan Maharani.

He added the PDI-P is set to declare the coalition tomorrow night.