Political parties spent the last day of the open campaign period throwing major rallies all over the country for a final push ahead of election day.

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman and former president Megawati Soekarnoputri on Saturday flew from Bali to Central Java to meet with thousands of supporters at the party’s rallies in Klaten and Sukoharjo. Although many surveys have predicted that the PDI-P will win the upcoming election, Megawati has urged party supporters to closely monitor nearby polling stations to avoid election fraud.

“In 2004 and 2009, I should have won the presidential election, but I was cheated and failed to secure a victory,” she said in Klaten.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, chairman of the ruling Democratic Party, beat Megawati twice in the 2004 and 2009 presidential elections by a landslide. Central Java is known as a PDI-P stronghold, with the party winning all three legislative elections in the province since 1999.

PDI-P presidential candidate and Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, meanwhile, visited West Papua and Papua this weekend to meet with party supporters in the country’s easternmost provinces. “No presidential candidate has come here before, but I did because the sun rises in the east, in Papua. That’s how important is Papua to Indonesia,” said Jokowi, to a cheering audience at PTC square in Papua.

Jokowi also pledged he would make Papua, which has been struggling with a lack of infrastructure, his priority should he be elected president. “I understand that Papua’s problems should be solved with heart, with real work. I’m not going to promise you too many things, but one thing’s for sure, Papua’s resources should be used for Papuans’ own well-being,” he said.

In East Java, the Dems, the Golkar Party and the Gerindra Party held rallies with their respective leaders attending as the main campaigners.

Political parties spent the last day of the open campaign period throwing major rallies all over the country for a final push ahead of election day.

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman and former president Megawati Soekarnoputri on Saturday flew from Bali to Central Java to meet with thousands of supporters at the party'€™s rallies in Klaten and Sukoharjo. Although many surveys have predicted that the PDI-P will win the upcoming election, Megawati has urged party supporters to closely monitor nearby polling stations to avoid election fraud.

'€œIn 2004 and 2009, I should have won the presidential election, but I was cheated and failed to secure a victory,'€ she said in Klaten.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, chairman of the ruling Democratic Party, beat Megawati twice in the 2004 and 2009 presidential elections by a landslide. Central Java is known as a PDI-P stronghold, with the party winning all three legislative elections in the province since 1999.

PDI-P presidential candidate and Jakarta Governor Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo, meanwhile, visited West Papua and Papua this weekend to meet with party supporters in the country'€™s easternmost provinces. '€œNo presidential candidate has come here before, but I did because the sun rises in the east, in Papua. That'€™s how important is Papua to Indonesia,'€ said Jokowi, to a cheering audience at PTC square in Papua.

Jokowi also pledged he would make Papua, which has been struggling with a lack of infrastructure, his priority should he be elected president. '€œI understand that Papua'€™s problems should be solved with heart, with real work. I'€™m not going to promise you too many things, but one thing'€™s for sure, Papua'€™s resources should be used for Papuans'€™ own well-being,'€ he said.

In East Java, the Dems, the Golkar Party and the Gerindra Party held rallies with their respective leaders attending as the main campaigners.