Defeated Indonesian candidates to challenge election results in court
Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Sandiaga Uno will challenge the election results at the Constitutional Court following the official announcement of the victory of incumbent President Joko Widodo on May 21.
Jakarta (VNA) – Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his runningmate Sandiaga Uno will challenge the election results at the Constitutional Courtfollowing the official announcement of the victory of incumbent President JokoWidodo on May 21.
The General Election Commission (KPU) of Indonesia announced on the daythat Joko Widodo won a second termas president with 55.5 percent of the votes while Prabowo, a retiredgeneral, got 44.5 percent.
Sandiaga said that Prabowo’s campaign team will file a challenge to the courton May 24 to reject the results.
According to the Indonesian Constitution,the losing candidate can lodge a challenge to the Constitutional Court withinthree days after the final ballot counts are announced; otherwise, the electionpanel will officially declare the winner.
The same day, the Jakarta Chamber of Commerce and Industry,known as Kadin, said that Indonesian businesses lost an estimated 100 billion -1.5trillion IDR (6.9 million USD-103.7 million USD) due to recent protests againstelection results in Jakarta.
At least eight demonstrators were killed and more than 700 others were injuredin clashes between protestors and police officers during the post-electionprotests in Jakarta on May 21-22.–VNA
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Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto
