Jakarta – Secretary-general of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Tjahjo Kumolo denied on Wednesday that there was division within the party's central board over a plan to nominate Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as the party's presidential candidate.

"There is no rift," Tjahjo told reporters on Wednesday. Tjahjo said that all members of the central board would follow orders from party chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri regarding the candidacy of Jokowi. He said only Megawati had the right to name the party's presidential candidate.

Media reports have said that the PDI-P central board is torn between two camps, one wanting to nominate Jokowi and another proposing to have a Megawati-Jokowi ticket. Jokowi himself has hinted that he would settle for less than a presidential ticket.