JAKARTA: Indonesia’s election commission formally declared Prabowo Subianto as the next president of the world’s third-largest democracy on Wednesday, after the country’s constitutional court shot down challenges to his first-round majority victory.
Indonesian defence minister Prabowo, 72, is due to take the reins in October from outgoing leader Joko Widodo, more popularly known as Jokowi, after a transition period following his third attempt at the top office.It comes after his election rivals Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo called for a re-run of the February 14 vote in which Prabowo won nearly 60 per cent of ballots, alleging state interference and rule changes that supported his ticket.
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“I will prove that I will… fight for all Indonesian people, including those who did not vote for me.”Jokowi was accused of engineering rule changes that allowed Gibran to run as Prabowo’s VP. Gibran joining Prabowo’s team strapped an election rocket to the campaign, with the defence minister’s poll numbers soaring in the following months.
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