Two political observers consider that former president K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid has a very slim chance of making a comeback as the president. In addition to personal health problems, he also failed to manage the administration when he was in power. What about the prospects of other presidential hopefuls? Daniel T. Sparingga of Airlangga University, Surabaya, and Prof. Maswadi Rauf of University of Indonesia sum up their views on the subject:

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