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Prabowo may face stiff opposition from PDI-P at House
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Workers check the quality of ballot papers for the 2024 legislative election on Jan. 9, 2024, at the Kendari Elections Commission (KPU) in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi. (Antara/Jojon)
A government led by presumptive presidential election winner Prabowo Subianto looks increasingly likely to face stiff opposition from presumptive legislative election winner the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), according to an early mapping of House of Representatives seats.
Official results are not due until March 20, but unofficial results from various quick counts show that Prabowo and running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka won a comfortable lead ahead of rivals former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan and PDI-P politician Ganjar Pranowo in the race on Feb. 14.
Prabowo’s Gerindra Party however placed third in the legislative election behind coalition partner the Golkar Party and the rival PDI-P, the presumptive winner.
Having claimed that the presidential election was marred with large-scale fraud, the PDI-P has hinted at its intention to play an opposition role to a Prabowo-led administration.
“If the PDI-P decides to go through with it, I’d say the party will be a tough opposition to the [incoming] government,” Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) political department head Arya Fernandes said on Sunday.
“The PDI-P already has a track record of this during the tenure of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono [president from 2004 to 2014].”
A quick count by the Cyrus Network and CSIS projected the PDI-P to win 16.46 percent of the vote, while Prabowo’s Gerindra party won 13.91 percent.
