REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a press conference on Tuesday morning said the government was planning to challenge the newly-inaugurated indirect regional election law which was passed by the Parliament last week.

"We are now discussing on other ways to save the election system which I think is the best for Indonesia, that is direct election with some requirements following it. If Plan A does not work, we will use plan B," said the president at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport.

Yudhoyono said there was no personal interest or any other interest related to the government's effort to fight for the direct election system.

Earlier the chairman of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, Hamdan Zoelva, confirmed that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had called him to talk about the recent ratification of the Regional Elections Law by the House of Representatives (DPR).

"Yes, it is true that yesterday evening (Sunday, Sept 28), Mr. President called me," Zoelva, told the press last Monday.

Zoelva, noted that during the phone conversation, President Yudhoyono expressed his disappointment over the result of the DPR`s voting that has ratified the Regional Elections Law under which the regional heads will be elected by the Regional Legislative Assembly.

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