TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
The Jakarta Post
In a last-ditch effort to overturn the result of the presidential election in his favor, opposition leader Prabowo Subianto officially challenged on Friday the final vote tally by the General Elections Commission (KPU) — which has placed President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as the winner — at the Constitutional Court. The legal step taken by the Prabowo-Sandiaga Uno candidate pair came amid escalating tension between the two rival camps following street protests by Prabowo supporters that led to rioting in some parts of Jakarta, killing at least eight people and injuring hundreds of others. Read also: ‘It’s provocateurs’: Prabowo camp rejects blame for Jakarta riots Prabowo’s legal representatives led by Bambang Widjojanto and brother Hashim Djojohadikusomo went to the Constitutional Court at 10:37 p.m., less than two hours before the de...
