Former special forces general Prabowo Subianto has been confirmed the victor of Indonesia's presidential election. The two other candidates plan to challenge the result in court. The election commission confirmed the final result of the Feb. 14 vote on Wednesday. It says Subianto won 58.6% of the votes, while former Jakarta Gov.
FILE- Indonesian Defense Minister and presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto waves at supporters after a visit to his father’s grave in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Subianto was on Wednesday, March 20, confirmed the victor of last month’s presidential election over two former governors who have vowed to contest the result in court. FILE- Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto greets supporters during a campaign rally in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024.
Voter turnout for the Feb. 14 election in the world’s third-largest democracy was about 80%, the commission said.Baswedan, the former head of an Islamic university, won a massive majority in the conservative westernmost province of Aceh. His running mate was Muhaimin Iskandar, whose Islam-based National Awakening Party has strong ties with Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization.
Widodo has dismissed their fraud allegations and any manipulation of the judiciary or favoring of a particular pair of candidates, saying the election process was watched by many people, including representatives of the candidates, the election supervisory agency and security personnel. That means any such cases brought to the Constitutional Court would be decided by eight justices instead of the full nine-member court.
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