Indonesia's Megawati wants 'cool boyfriend' for poll bid: report

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

JAKARTA (AFP) — Indonesian ex-president Megawati Sukarnoputri said Tuesday she is looking for a "cool boyfriend" as her running mate in her comeback bid for the presidency next year, a report said.

"As a presidential candidate I've been asked who I'm going to team up with. I say it's hard to look for the most appropriate candidate," Sukarnoputri was quoted by the Detikcom news website as telling supporters.

"I'm a woman so I want a cool boyfriend. So I'll wait first and look for the appropriate person. If the guy is ugly I don't want him," she joked.

Megawati was president from 2001 to 2004 when she lost to ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the country's first direct presidential vote.

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