HTML pages designed & maintained by Alifuru67 Copyright © 1999/2001 - 1364283024 & 1367286044		Ambon Island   Ambon City        Latupatti   Want to Help? The Jakarta Post, 7 Oct. 2001 I could become president in 2004 even with low vote: Amien JAKARTA (JP): National Mandate Party (PAN) chairman Amien Rais said on Saturday that he still had a shot at the presidency as long as his party could secure just 7 percent of the vote in the 2004 general election. "The opportunity is still there for me even if PAN only secures seven or eight percent of the vote. But the ticket (for the presidency) will be a tough one," Amien, who is also speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), said as quoted byAntara while leading prayers for PAN members at the Garut town square in West Java. "It would be easier for me to run for president if PAN secured at least 15 percent of the vote in the 2004 general election," he added. He, therefore, asked all PAN members and supporters to strive to win the 2004 elections or at least secure 15 percent of the vote. Amien has repeatedly voiced his interest in becomingpresident. The MPR speaker also aired his support for a directpresidential election in 2004. "It would be much better if the next president was elected directly by the people," he said. He said that with a direct presidential election, each candidate would have to relinquish his or her party leadership and present his or her vision to the public. "But if the country is still unable to hold a directpresidential election in 2004, PAN will still respect that. Only the system and its monitoring mechanism should be changed or improved," he said. Copyright © 1999-2001  - Ambon Berdarah On-Line * http://www.go.to/ambon HTML pages designed and maintained by Alifuru67 * http://www.oocities.org/baguala67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com