Pasuruan – Her father was known as the Smiling General and some have already dubbed her party the Smiling Party. But Suharto's daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, is leaving furrowed brows around Java.

Her tour of some pesantren here, followed by a visit by religious leaders to the former president in Jakarta, has rocked Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the biggest Muslim organisation in Indonesia.

Better known as Mbak Tutut, the presidential candidate for Partai Karya Peduli Bangsa (PKPB) is also creating apprehension among some political parties with her recent manoeuvrings. In Yogyakarta, for instance, she is said to have met a former leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), who was recently "retired" by the party.

Mbak Tutut is always photographed smiling and prompted one respondent in an SMS poll conducted by a local paper in Java to hope she would win the presidential elections. "At least we'll have a pretty president." But what are her chances of becoming president? Not this time, some analysts and political leaders told The Straits Times.

They gave two reasons: One, she may be known as Suharto's daughter but ordinary people do not know her as a presidential candidate for the new party. They don't even know much about the party.

Second, she is not the head of the party, unlike Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri, the Indonesian President who is the leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

"She should wait another five years perhaps," said Mr Faisol Taselan, a journalist with Media Indonesia in Surabaya.