“[If elected], we will make Indonesia an advanced and prosperous country,” Prabowo said after registering with the General Elections Commission (KPU).

“We want a fair, peaceful election. We will compete by offering ideas, visions and programs,” he added.

KPU chair Hasyim Asy’ari said both Prabowo and Gibran were scheduled to undergo their mandatory medical checkups on Thursday at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital in Jakarta.

The candidate pair of the Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM), the largest electoral alliance heading into the February 2024 polls, registered on the last day of the registration period as the final of three candidate pairs to do so.

Their candidacy all but ensures that next year’s presidential election will be a three-horse race.

Earlier on Wednesday, Prabowo and Gibran greeted supporters at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, where they also unveiled their campaign platform.

The rally was also attended by the chairs of the nine parties that make up the Gerindra-led KIM.

Also seen during the event were Deputy State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Rosan Roeslani and Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia. Rosan is to serve as the Prabowo-Gibran campaign manager, though it remains unclear whether Bahlil will have a formal post on the campaign team.

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Prabowo told supporters that he would work toward eliminating poverty, hunger and malnutrition in children.

Gibran, the eldest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, opened his speech by telling Prabowo “not to worry, I am here”, in a nod to the fact that Wednesday’s rally was their first public appearance as a presidential ticket.

The 36-year-old Surakarta mayor said that if elected, the pair would provide loans for digital start-ups and continue President Jokowi’s ambition to develop the minerals downstream industry and the green economy.

The two then joined a march with thousands of their supporters and headed to Suropati Park in Central Jakarta, before registering their candidacy with the KPU. Hundreds of members from ProJo, the largest Jokowi supporters’ group, were visibly recognizable in the march from their red attire.

Speculation over a potential Prabowo-Gibran pairing had long been stirring, but only came to fruition at the eleventh hour thanks to a controversial Constitutional Court ruling last week, which extended the age of candidacy to include elected officials under the age of 40.

The ruling has been widely lambasted by critics, including many of Jokowi’s most ardent supporters who have accused the President of trying to build a political dynasty.

According to the latest opinion polls, the Prabowo-Gibran pair’s biggest rival is former governor Ganjar Pranowo, who hails from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the political vehicle of the President and his family for two decades.

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Ganjar and his running mate, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD, registered their candidacy on Oct. 19, just hours after former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan and his running mate, National Awakening Party (PKB) chair Muhaimin Iskandar, had registered.

Gibran was elected in 2020 on the PDI-P ticket as Surakarta mayor, a position once held by his father.

PDI-P executives have expressed their disappointment with Gibran for going rogue, but the party has so far hesitated to sanction him.