Jakarta – Former vice presidential candidate Salahuddin "Gus Solah" Wahid said Wednesday it would be difficult for former president Megawati Soekarnoputri to win the 2009 presidential election.

"I think Megawati is unlikely to win the election since she does not serve as president and she once lost the presidency in the 2004 election," Gus Solah told detik.com.

Megawati was nominated by her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to run for the 2009 election during the party's national meeting here Monday.

Gus Solah said her nomination showed the country lacked new leaders. "This indicates... those who will likely run in the next election will all be old figures like Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Wiranto and Megawati," he said.