Indonesia’s Prabowo to start election court challenge
By Korea HeraldPublished : Aug. 6, 2014 - 21:08
JAKARTA (AFP) ― Indonesian ex-general Prabowo Subianto will kick off a last-ditch bid to overturn the results of the country’s closely-fought presidential election Wednesday when a court starts examining his complaints of widespread voting irregularities.
Joko Widodo was last month declared the winner of the race to lead the world’s third-biggest democracy against Prabowo, a controversial former military figure with deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto.
Widodo, a former furniture exporter known by his nickname Jokowi, won legions of fans with his down-to-earth style as Jakarta governor and is the country’s first leader from outside the political and military elites.
Prabowo also declared victory at the July 9 presidential election, leaving Indonesians waiting two weeks until the lengthy vote count across the archipelago was complete and official results confirmed Widodo’s victory.
But the ex-general has still refused to accept the results, claiming there was widespread fraud and irregularities during the vote count.
Joko Widodo was last month declared the winner of the race to lead the world’s third-biggest democracy against Prabowo, a controversial former military figure with deep roots in the era of dictator Suharto.
Widodo, a former furniture exporter known by his nickname Jokowi, won legions of fans with his down-to-earth style as Jakarta governor and is the country’s first leader from outside the political and military elites.
Prabowo also declared victory at the July 9 presidential election, leaving Indonesians waiting two weeks until the lengthy vote count across the archipelago was complete and official results confirmed Widodo’s victory.
But the ex-general has still refused to accept the results, claiming there was widespread fraud and irregularities during the vote count.
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