Re election Yudhoyono for President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has conformed that he will once again be a presidential candidate in the 2009 presidential election.

“When the general election nears, I will propose my self again,” he said.

Yudhoyono said that Jusuf Kalla could be his running mate again, however, it was too early to confirm this.

“There are still many possibilities and dynamics with the Golkar party and Jusuf Kalla himself,” said Yudhoyono.

He mentioned that the current political situation in his last year of office was becoming sensitive.

“As the incumbent, there is a real likelihood that I will be made many people’s enemy. But I am ready, and this is a risk in the world of politics,” he said.

Regarding the presidential election bill that is still being discussed at the House about candidate having to gain between 20 and 30 percent support, Yudhoyono said that he was not worried.

“I am ready for anything considered right by the political parties,” he said.

However, he suggested that the bill not become a tool for political parties that failed in proposing their candidates during the last election.

Yudhoyono said he would focus on his candidacy after the legislative election was completed.

“I will follow the regulations,” he said.

According to the schedule of the General Elections Commission (KPU), the legislative election will be conducted on April 9, 2009 while the first round of the presidential election will be on July 6 and the second round on September 21 next year.