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Prabowo decries ‘vote stealing ’
In the lawsuit, which largely relies on press reports, Prabowo accuses the General Elections Commission (KPU) of irregularities in the election process resulting in Jokowi’s victory.
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The Constitutional Court begins on Friday in Jakarta to hear a lawsuit challenging the presidential election result that has granted victory to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. The hearing is scheduled to come with a decision by June 28. (JP/Donny Fernando)
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he Constitutional Court began on Friday to hear a lawsuit challenging the presidential election result that has granted victory to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
Bambang Widjojanto, the chief lawyer of the challenger duo of Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno, the plaintiff in the case, said Prabowo demanded that the incumbent’s ticket be disqualified for “systematic, structured and massive fraud” during the campaign period and election process.
The camp also demanded revoting in 12 provinces, including Central Java, East Java and Jakarta, the key provinces that the incumbent won in the April 17 election.
In the lawsuit, which largely relies on press reports, Prabowo accuses the General Elections Commission (KPU) of irregularities in the election process resulting in Jokowi’s victory.
“We believe there was electoral fraud that caused stolen votes, which number between 16 million and 30 million, and this has really affected [the number of votes for] Prabowo,” Bambang said.
According to the plaintiff, based on the C1 vote tally forms the Prabowo camp has gathered, Prabowo secured 52 percent of the vote.
The official election result announced by the KPU show that the Jokowi-Ma’ruf pair secured 85 million votes (55.5 percent), while Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno garnered 68 million votes (44.5 percent).
