More than ten thousand students at Yogyakarta's prestigious Gadjah Mada University have expressed the view that Suharto should not be nominated as president at next year's MPR session.

They expressed their views in an opinion poll run by the University Students' Community which was held with the approval of the Rectorate. 20,000 cards were handed out and 65 per cent were returned - a much higher percentage than had been expected. Eighty per cent of the replies said No to the nomination of Suharto for a seventh term. This amounts to 10,400 votes against Suharto. A similar number answered Yes to the second question - whether the number of terms a president can serve should be limited.

Haryo Setyoko, chair of the executive board of UGM students, who was interviewed by Tempo Interaktif about the opinion poll said the results would be presented to Parliament and the MPR in the next few weeks.