Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is unlikely to contest her defeat in last month's historic presidential election race at the Constitutional Court, a senior official of her party says.
   
A tearful Megawati told Indonesians on Tuesday to accept the result from the September 20 run-off, but she did not explicitly concede defeat to her former security chief, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
   
If Megawati does not launch a court challenge by a deadline on Thursday, it would clear the way for Yudhoyono, a former general, to speak publicly about his plans.
   
Policy details are eagerly awaited by Indonesia's financial markets and foreign investors. Yudhoyono has held off declaring victory, waiting for Megawati to concede. 
 
"The mood within the party is not to," said Roy Janis, deputy chairman of Megawati's Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle, when asked if a complaint over alleged vote fraud would be lodged by the Thursday deadline.
   
"I mean, Mrs Megawati has already said not to dwell on possible conflict and just move on. So among us, we have no intention of doing that."
   
Megawati's party had threatened to challenge the count from some areas, even though the independent election commission has declared the vote valid. It said Yudhoyono won by 25 million votes. Monitors had also said the ballot was largely fair.
   
With Yudhoyono trying to make peace with Megawati and her powerful party, he has refrained from celebrating. He quit her cabinet in March after a bitter row over his presidential ambitions.
   
The election commission announced the results on Monday from Indonesia's first direct leadership ballot. That gave either side three days to complain to the Constitutional Court.
  
 Aides to Yudhoyono said he would make a political statement on Friday, once the deadline had passed. A senior aide said he expected the focus to be on the economy and business.
   
Megawati's reluctance to bow out and the threats by her party to go to court have not rattled Indonesia's financial markets, which are more anxious to know who will be the key ministers in Yudhoyono's cabinet.
   
Yudhoyono, 55, will be sworn in on October 20. The aide said he would announce his cabinet after that.