Guruh meets regional leaders for his PDI-P chairmanship bid

Guruh Soekarnoputra met Sunday with East Java leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in Ngawi, East Java, to gain their support for his chairmanship.

Head of the Guruh campaign team for East Indonesia, Zainal Abidin, said Guruh had received support from various provinces such as Papua and several provinces in Sulawesi.

"Many members still want families of former president Soekarno to lead PDI-P,” he told kompas.com. “This could be Megawati Soekarnoputri or Guruh, but chairwoman Megawati has told us to think about regeneration."

Zainal added Guruh was an experienced politician who had been elected as the House of Representatives legislator five times.