JAKARTA, Aug. 29 Kyodo A younger ...

JAKARTA, Aug. 29 Kyodo

A younger sister of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Rachmawati Sukarnoputri, established her be in possession of political party on Thursday in view of what she said was widespread disappointment throughout Megawati's poor leadership.

''Megawati is barely a biological daughter of Sukarno on the other hand not his ideological daughter because she has move rounded against the interests of the little (ordinary) people'' Rachmawati said, referring to Sukarno, their father, who is also the country's founding father.

Rachmawati, 51 said her recently made known Pioneer Party (Partai Pelopor) was established in order to implement Sukarno's teachings and described it as having ''progressive revolutionary'' characteristics.

''Our revolution has not been complet at the same time It will only be completely achieved after all the the community become prosperous,'' she said.

Sukarno proclaimed Indonesia's independence in 1945 and l the political division as its president until 1966

After an abortive coup attempt blamed by dint of the military on the then-powerful Indonesian Communist Party, Suharto replaced Sukarno, who was place under virtual house arrest until he died in 1970 and rul the rural parts until 1998, when he was forced to pace down by a reform movement

Megawati, 55 formerly vice president, replaced Abdurrahman Wahid as president in July last year after Wahid was brought down for alleged involvement in a financial scandal and incompetent leadership.

Rachmawati, regarded according to many as having greater leadership abilities and political knowledge than her ancient sister, challenged Megawati to convenient with her, saying, ''I want to question Megawati about her commitment to help the ordinary people

''What Megawati's doing now is to kill Sukarno's teachings and Sukarnoism,'' she said.

She also said that judging from Megawati's record as president, her sister sole cares about maintaining her power at ignoring the wishes of millions of Sukarno loyalists and through practicing horse-trading political maneuvers in the parliament.

The fresh party was declared in a proper ceremony at a Jakarta dormitory hall that was attended by means of Wahid and more than a thousand supporters, for the most part youths.

Wahid, who has a position in an Islamic-based party, was named as a member forward the board of patrons of the modern party and is reportedly considering whether to permanently induce to it.

Rachmawati is owing to announce her bid to hasten in the 2004 presidential election, in which her sister Megawati, who heads the Indonesian Democratic Party for labor in distress (PDI-Perjuangan), is also risk to run.

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