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he People'€™s Conscience Party (Hanura) has officially nominatedits chairman Gen. (ret) Wiranto and media tycoon Hary Tanoesoedibyo aspresident and vice president candidates respectively for the upcoming2014 election.
'€œWe area good combination and will help each other as leaders,'€ Wiranto saidduring the declaration ceremony in Jakartaas quoted by kompas.com on Tuesday.
Wirantosaid his candidacy with Hary best represented pluralism, since he was Muslimand Javanese while Hary was ethnic Chinese and Christian.
Hanurais the first political party to confidently declare its ticket for the2014 elections.
AryaSinulingga, the vice chairman of Hanura'€™s election campaign team(Bapilu), said the decision of the party to announce its presidentialand vice presidential candidates a year earlier was to give Indonesians timeto familiarize themselves with the candidates.
'€œIttakes time for people to fully understand presidential and vice presidentialcandidates,'€ Arya told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
Whenasked why the party was so confident to name its own candidates, Aryasaid the party strongly believed it would reach its quota.
'€œWeare confident we will make it into the big three,'€ he said, but refused toelaborate.
In the2009 general elections, Hanura only acquired 3.8 percent of the vote, gainingonly 18 seats at the House of Representatives, while at the same time aregulation required 20 percent of the vote for a party to be able to nameits own presidential candidate. (hrl/dic)