Indonesia's Presidential election could herald significant changes to the way the government runs the country. The historic direct Presidential poll will cement the democratic constitution with Indonesia's future. If opinion polls are correct and former military general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wins, he will have a firm mandate to pursue his policy agenda. Alongside him sharing power, will be his running mate, millionaire businessman and Golkar Party member, Yusuf Kalla Presenter/Interviewer: Karon Snowdon

Speakers: Yusuf Kalla, Indonesian Vice Presidential candidate.

Snowdon: While the media and public gaze has naturally focussed on presidential aspirant, SBY, his Vice President in waiting, is hardly less ambitious. Under the new constitution and the direct voting system, the millionaire from Sulawesi expects to assert his right to power sharing with SBY should the ticket win on Monday.

Kalla: Yah of course this is different than before in our Constitution, presidents and vice presidents have joined together to win the elections, this means we have a sharing, are sharing, that's why we are sharing to in any government spirit or powers, and we are working accoriding to our capacity, our capability.

Snowdon: Like SBY, Kalla served in the Wahid and Megawati governments, and is a former Coordintating Minister for People's Welfare. He said he would assume responsibility across the economic, business and social welfare areas of the new government if he and SBY win. He argues that Indonesians have been let down by a failure of leadership, first Abdurhaman Wahid and now President Megawati ... that after the economic crisis the public's justified high expectations of better times have not been met.

Kalla: We should reach expectations.

Snowdon: You think you can reach those expectations?

KALLA: Yes, yes, yes for instance to increase the capacities of the nation, we need more activities in business, we need a big push ...we need that big push.

Snowdon: Yusuf Kalla's big push involves strategies to increase economic growth to the 5 per cent needed for new jobs ... by encouraging domestic investors back home from Singapore and Hong Kong , lowering interest rates, improving the tax base and convincing foreign investors to return. Rooting out corruption will begin with a big shake-up in the public service coupled with slowly improving wages.

On national security, he denies Indonesia is more dangerous now than three years ago and says the threat of terrorism would be almost eliminated with the capture of Aziharia Hussein and Noordin Mohamad Top, the alleged ringleaders behind the suicide bombing at the Australian Embassy last week as well as suspected of links to the Bali and Marriot Hotel bombs.

Kalla: If we print ten million photos of Dr Azahari and they put in all the villages and the cities, they'll be easy to find.

Snowdon: So you intend to improve, lift the game of the police and the security forces, push them to do a better job?

Kalla: Yes, yes, because security, one bomb especially suicide bomber is very hard to find, but to identify two men in Indonesia, within two years, if we can find those men I say the terrorists will be reduced substantially in Indonesia.

Snowdon: If after Monday, there's a new resident in the Presidential Palace, more will have changed in Indonesia than the leadership.This year of elections has been notable for the breaking down of old political certainties.

Once the undisputed major force in politics, the Golkar Party has suffered numerous setbacks ... its presidential candidate lost in the first round, party members failed to follow directions and made their own choice, senior figures defected to the SBY/Kalla team, and Golkar decided to form a loose coalition with Megawatti's PDI-P to oppose the new comers.

Golkar Chairman and speaker in the House of Repsesentatives Akbar Tanjung has this week forced the suspension of 11 party members including Yusuf Kalla who are supporting SBY. Kalla says a loss by Megawati and therefore the Coalition could mean Golkar turns on its chairman, replacing him with someone more willing to negotiate with SBY if he wins.

Kalla: Well I think this is the finish of the political career of Akbar Tanjung, and there'll eb a new chairman and it's easier to negotiate with a new chairman.