Indonesia: Constitutional Court rejects opposition appeal, affirms Prabowo’s election victory

The Indonesian Constitutional Court on Monday dismissed appeals from attorneys for the two losing presidential ticket pairings in the country’s February elections, arguing that electoral malpractice tainted the results.

Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the mayor of Solo, and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto emerged victorious in the election, according to the General Elections Commission’s (KPU) official tallying, which was made public on March 20.

In a three-way race for the presidency, they garnered 96,214,691 votes, or 58.59 percent of the total votes cast.

One of the two pairs of candidates who lost in the polls on February 14—former governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan and his running mate, seasoned politician Muhaimin Iskandar—wanted the elections to be redone and for Mr. Gibran, the older son of current President Joko Widodo, and Mr. Prabowo to be declared ineligible by the court.

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“We reject the petition as a whole,” said Constitutional Court Chief Justice Suhartoyo, who goes by one name, when reading the ruling on the appeal filed by the team of lawyers representing Mr Anies and Mr Muhaimin.

One of the two pairs of candidates who lost in the polls on February 14—former governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan and his running mate, seasoned politician Muhaimin Iskandar—wanted the elections to be redone and for Gibran, the older son of current President Joko Widodo, and Prabowo to be declared ineligible by the court.