Jakarta – The leadership of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party has rebutted suggestions that it has fallen out of favor with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) over the presidential nomination of the former's chief patron Prabowo Subianto.

"We will still build a coalition after the Jakarta gubernatorial election. We are on good terms with all political parties," Gerindra secretary general Ahmad Muzani said as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Muzani said that no tensions had developed between Gerindra and the PDI-P after the success of their coalition in securing the Jakarta leadership with the election of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the gubernatorial election.

Executives of the PDI-P said that it was unlikely that the party would extend a partnership forged with Gerindra following Prabowo's claim that he had contributed the most to Jokowi's victory.

"We've learned our lesson," PDI-P senior politician Taufiq Kiemas said on Monday. Taufiq, the husband of PDI-P chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri and the speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, added that "this might possibly end the coalition".

In spite of Prabowo's growing popularity among the electorate, his chances of being elected president in the 2014 election is slim as rival political parties attempt to stymie his candidacy.

Political factions at the House of Representatives have agreed to maintain a law that already places a high threshold for a presidential nomination.

Most major parties have expressed a preference for the current threshold of 20 percent of seats at the House or 25 percent of the popular vote, a preference that could serve to quash Prabowo's ambitions.

Analysts suggest that Gerindra will have problems garnering enough votes to enable Prabowo's nomination as the party has been rocked by recent internal party rifts and lacks a presence in the country's far-flung regions.

Prabowo's chances may only improve if Gerindra forms a coalition with the Democratic Party, Golkar or the PDI-P. Gerindra currently holds 26 of the 560 seats at the House.

Political observer at the University of Indonesia Iberamsjah said Prabowo's poor human rights record could have been a reason for the PDI-P to severe its ties with the former commander of the Army's Special Forces Command (Kopassus). "By partnering with Prabowo, the PDI-P or other political parties could lose voter support," he said.

Phillips J. Vermonte of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said that Prabowo's lack of bureaucratic experience would be a another challenge for him.

"The job requires knowledge of the bureaucracy. A president must be able to communicate to deal with developmental and administrative issues. And Prabowo doesn't have that skill," he said.