Outgoing Democratic Party deputy secretary general Angelina Sondakh has accepted the party's decision to suspend her and says she is ready to be detained after anticorruption authorities named her as a suspect.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said in a speech on Sunday that all party members who have been declared a suspect must step down. "I respect all steps taken by the party and legal enforcers," she said through Kahfi Siregar from the Democrats' communications division.

She said she would accept her suspension, because it was for the betterment of the party. "I have told my children about my status. They are shocked, but I told them they must be tough," said Angelina, who has three children from her marriage with the late Adjie Massaid, a former Democratic legislator.

After having been repeatedly accused in court of receiving bribes, Angelina was named a corruption suspect last week.

The chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Abraham Samad, said there was enough evidence to name Angelina, a member of the Budget Committee at the House of Representatives, a suspect. "We are declaring her a suspect based on two strong pieces of evidence," Abraham said at a news conference.

Angelina is expected to be charged under at least three articles of the 1999 Law on Corruption Eradication. Each of the charges, he said, carries up to 20 years in jail and up to Rp 350 million ($39,000) in fines.

"[Angelina] is suspected of having received promises of monetary gratification," he said. Angelina has been accused by graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin of asking for money in connection to the construction of the athletes' village in Palembang for last year's Southeast Asian Games.

Another key witness, Mindo Rosalina Manulang, who used to work in one of Nazaruddin's many companies, testified in court that Angelina had requested that money be given to members of the House Budget Committee. Rosalina said Angelina had accepted a Rp 2 billion "fee" linked to the project.

Separately on Monday, the Democrats announced that the party would soon issue a decision to suspend Angelina. "While the investigation is underway, we will suspend her from all her posts. It's just a matter of administrative process before we officially suspend her," party official Didi Irawadi Syamsudin said.