JAKARTA, Sept. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- As the previous ones for the legislative election on April 5 and the first round of the presidential election on July 5, Indonesia is doing the final touches on preparations for the historic presidential runoff on Sept. 20.

    In the No. 56 polling station in Central Jakarta, two workers are putting up tents and connecting electricity lines, placing tables and chairs, installing a TV set and computer system as wellas engaging in simple decorations on early Sunday morning.

    The Indonesian government has already announced the coming Monday as a national holiday, to give some 155 million eligible voters the time to cast their ballots to select their favorite candidates from the incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri andher running mate Hasim Muzadi of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and their rival pair Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his running mate Jusuf Kalla representing the Indonesian Democratic Party.

    A member of the Indonesian General Elections Commission (KPU), Anas Urbaningrum, said on Saturday that election materials had reached all 567,000 polling stations across all 32 provinces of the country.

    "Everything is ready. We are now waiting for the vote on Monday," the KPU official was Sunday quoted by the daily Jakarta Post as saying.

    The polling stations are scheduled to open from early morning before 7 and close at 13:00 local time. Some of them might be close earlier if all of the eligible voters registered in the community have completed their votes.

    It was learned from some neighboring polling stations that every station covers around 300 voters in the neighborhood.

    To minimize vote-rigging, the two political camps have planned to dispatch around 2 million monitors across the country for the runoff in addition to hundreds of international and local observers to monitor the process of the election.

    A PDI-P campaign team member, Heri Akhmadi, told the local press on Friday that his camp would field two monitors at each poll station, most of them would come from the PDI-P and its alliance Golkar Party.

    The ruling PDI-P signed a coalition agreement with the Golkar, the Islam-based United Development Party (PPP) and the Christian-based Peace and Prosperous Party (PDS) to support Megawati in the runoff.

    Apart from the four-party coalition, Megawati also wins backingfrom the Reform Star Party (PBR) and Marhaenisme Indonesian Nationalist Party (PNI-Marhaenisme).

    On the other side, Susilo formed a "limited alliance" with the Islam-based Crescent Star Party (PBB) and the Prosperous and Justice Party (PKS), winning support from those major parties suchas the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the National Awakening Party (PKS), both of which lost battle in the first round and failed to enter the runoff.

    The presidential runoff is to be held just 11 days following another terrorist explosion in front of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, and security becomes the top issue and great concern.

    In order to prevent terror attacks ahead of and during the runoff, the Indonesian police have deployed 200,000 personnel, roughly two-thirds of its total force, to maintain order and provide security across the country.

    The national police chief Da'i Bachtiar has ordered police in big cities, including Jakarta, to take extra vigilance in the period of the election. On the election day on Monday, the police chief said at least one police officer and two civilian guards would be responsible for security at each polling station. In someconflict-ridden areas, such as Aceh province and Papua provinces, the local military force will take part in providing security. Enditem