Indonesian presidential candidates end campaign period

12:59, 4 July 2009

JAKARTA. July 4. KAZINFORM. Three presidential candidates and their pairings to run in the upcoming presidential election on July 8 will end their campaign period in different places in Indonesia's key island of Java on Saturday, the Antara news agency reported here; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

Megawati Soekarnoputri and her pairing Prabowo Subianto are scheduled to undertake their last campaign in Semarang, the capital city of Central Java province.

The presidential candidate nominated by Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will highlight their 'pro-people' campaign in Megawati's stronghold province.

Jusuf Kalla, who is nominated by the Golkar Party, tour across East Java, the province which has been recognized as the stronghold area of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Muslim organization in the country.

Meanwhile in Jakarta, the incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to end his campaign period with a grand event that would be ended with mass praying in the city's landmark stadium, Senayan.

The official election result will be announced by Indonesian electoral commission, the General Election Commission (KPU) within30 days after the vote casting day; Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com for full version.

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