'Someone' wants to take over PDI-P: Megawati


Megawati: "I heard someone wants to take over [the PDI-P]. Oh no, that’s crazy! [the person] has no integrity.”

JAKARTA: Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri says she never intended to stay in power indefinitely and is thinking of retiring from the party.

She said that when party secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto asked her to lead the party again, she was reluctant to accept, given that she is 77 years old, an age when most people are supposed to be retired.

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