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Prabowo, Sandiaga take post-election trips abroad
Prabowo Subianto is reportedly in Europe for a medical checkup, while Sandiaga Uno will celebrate Idul Fitri in the United States.
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Losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (center) and vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno (right) gesture as they declare victory in the country's general election, during a press conference in Jakarta on April 18. (AFP/Izaak)
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residential challenger Prabowo Subianto appears to be taking some time off from the post-election brouhaha, as he has left the country to go on what his aides described as a trip concerning personal matters.
The trip comes as Prabowo and running mate Sandiaga Uno await the progress of the camp’s legal challenge against the General Elections Commission’s (KPU) final vote tally, which confirmed incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s reelection victory, at the Constitutional Court.
The Gerindra Party chairman made his departure on Tuesday morning from Jakarta’s Halim Perdanakusuma airport to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, where he made a transit stop before flying to Vienna, his close aides confirmed.
Prabowo, who departed in a private jet with several friends, including foreign nationals, left to undergo a medical checkup and for business purposes, Gerindra Party executive Ahmad Riza Patria said.
“He is there for a routine medical checkup, something that he regularly does. He will also meet several business colleagues there,” Riza said.
Among the friends who reportedly joined Prabowo are Russian nationals, including Mikhail Davydov and Amzhelika Butaeva, German nationals and an American.
According to a press release published on the House of Representatives’ official website on April 14, Davydov and Butaeva were members of the Russian Legislative Body who had been invited to the House by deputy speaker and Gerindra deputy chairman Fadli Zon to observe the elections.
