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Prabowo to present ‘unexpected’ witnesses in court
One of the possible witnesses is Adj. Comr. Sulman Aziz, a former Pasirwangi Police chief in Garut, West Java, who said in March that the top brass of the local police had ordered him to direct people in the regency to vote for Jokowi.
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Prabowo Subianto's chief lawyer Bambang Widjojanto (right) has a discussion with his team during the first hearing of the 2019 presidential election result dispute at the Constitutional Court on Friday. (JP/Donny Fernando)
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head of the second hearing on June 18, losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto's legal team has announced it will present 30 witnesses at the Constitutional Court to support the appeal against the 2019 presidential election result.
The Prabowo campaign team said all of the witnesses would be “unexpected” and could strengthen its argument that incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin committed structured, systematic and massive fraud.
"We have prepared them […] There will be witnesses who will give surprising testimonies," said campaign team member Priyo Budi Santoso on Saturday.
Priyo said one of the possible witnesses would be Adj. Comr. Sulman Aziz, a former Pasirwangi Police chief in Garut, West Java, who said in March that the top brass of the local police had ordered him and fellow district police chiefs in Garut to direct people in the regency to vote for Jokowi.
The team also asserted that Prabowo’s witnesses must first get a safety guarantee from the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) and on Saturday had asked for the agency's advice in protecting its witnesses who would deliver their testimony at the hearing.
After having a discussion with the agency, Bambang Widjojanto, the chief lawyer of the Prabowo legal team, said the team would submit a letter to the court asking the justices to request the agency to protect the witnesses despite the law only allowing the agency to provide protection for witnesses and victims related to criminal cases.
"The agency has a limit in protecting witnesses and victims as stipulated in the law. Therefore, we decided to submit a letter. Hopefully, this will secure the [witnesses hearing] process at the court," Bambang said.
