JAKARTA: Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri chose yesterday the leader of the country's largest Muslim group as the vice presidential candidate on her ticket in the July 5 presidential race.
The choice of Hasyim Muzadi, chairman of the moderate, 40-million-strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), is seen as an effort to boost Megawati's waning popularity after her party, the secular Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P), lost significant ground in the April 5 parliamentary elections.