JAKARTA: Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto was formally declared the winner of last month’s presidential election by Indonesia’s electoral commission on Wednesday.
The three-time presidential candidate Prabowo won the election on February 14 with 59% of the vote, handily defeating opponents Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo,https://newsaih.com/?p=810&preview=true who received roughly 25% and 16% of the vote, respectively. The official election body tally verified the unofficial results that independent pollsters had released earlier this month.
In October, Prabowo is anticipated to succeed outgoing President Joko Widodo.
Later on Wednesday, he is anticipated to speak.
A few minutes after announcing the results, Hasyim Asy’ari, the head of the election commission, abruptly stopped the live broadcast of the announcement and said he needed to “correct” a document before calling the meeting back to order. What was corrected was not disclosed by the officials.
Based on pledges to uphold Widodo’s two-term agenda, former special forces commander Prabowo easily won the election. He capitalized on the president’s popularity and used social media sites like TikTok to win over Indonesia’s sizable youth voter base.
Concerns about patronage politics and controversies surrounding Prabowo’s partnership with President Jokowi, who was widely accused of misusing his position to favor his former rival—allegations that his backers refute—hampered the path to Prabowo’s triumph.
Gibran Rakabuming, the 36-year-old son of Jokowi Due to an unforeseen change in eligibility requirements, Raka, who was Prabowo’s running mate, will now serve as vice president. The court, overseen by the president’s brother-in-law will hear the case.
In the parliamentary elections that were held on the same day, the largest party in Indonesia, the PDI-P, was declared the winner, with the Golkar Party and Prabowo’s Gerindra Party coming in third.
According to commission head Hasyim Asy’ari, Defense Minister Prabowo and his vice presidential running mate, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, garnered over 96 million votes, or approximately 58.6% of the total tally and sufficient to win a majority in the first round of voting.
Anies Baswedan received around 41 million votes, or 24.9 percent of the total cast; Ganjar Pranowo received over 16 percent of the vote with 27 million votes.
Unofficial tallies last month indicated that Prabowo and Gibran, the eldest son of retiring leader Joko Widodo, had secured a majority, leading them to declare victory.
It was widely expected that 72-year-old Prabowo would win the presidency on his third try.
Experts attributed his rise in popularity to his strongman reputation as defense minister, his nationalist fervor in populist speeches, and his support from Widodo, also known as Jokowi.
Anies and Ganjar, his competitors, have promised to file a protest with the Constitutional Court regarding anomalies and claims of electoral fraud.
However, given Prabowo’s majority and large margin of victory, his legal team is certain that the outcome won’t be successfully contested, according to local media on Tuesday.
The incoming president of Indonesia is Prabowo Subianto, born October 17, 1951), an honorary army general in retirement, businessman, and politician from Indonesia.
[1] He married Titiek Suharto, the late President Suharto’s second daughter, after being expelled from the military in 1998, he was later prohibited from entering the country due to allegations of violating human rights.
After earning his degree from the Indonesian Military Academy in 1970, Prabowo Subianto spent the most of his career in the Special Forces (Kopassus) until 1998, when he was named head of the Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad). One description of him is that of a right-wing nationalist.
Born: October 17, 1951, Jakarta, Indonesia (age 72)
Little ones: Didit Hediprasetyo
spouse: Siti Hediati Hariyadi, who lived from 1983 until 1998
Margono Djojohadikusumo and his grandparents
Parents: Dora Sigar and Sumitro Djojohadikusumo
Gerindra Party:
Maryani Djojohadikusumo, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, and Bianti Djiwandono are siblings.
