Jakarta – The leader of Indonesia's largest Moslem group Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) has ordered his followers to vote for the group's political party in the June election, local newspapers reported on Monday.

"The economic crisis will be solved by our National Awakening Party (PKB) if we win the elections," the Jakarta Post English-language newspaper quoted NU leader Abdurrahman Wahid as saying. "We will choose qualified officials for our government," he said.

The PKB party was set up by senior NU members. "It is not true to say that NU followers can vote for any party," he was quoted as saying in the Media Indonesia daily.

Wahid told thousands of supporters at a party congress: "This nation belongs to the people and we are the people – therefore I am sure that PKB will win the upcoming election."

Wahid has not yet announced if he will stand for parliament or contest the presidential election due in November.