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Reuters

Lawyers for defeated Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto submitted a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court late on Friday challenging the results of the April 17 election after complaining that the vote was rigged.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo won 55.5 per cent of votes in the poll to lead the world’s third-biggest democracy, beating retired general Prabowo, who got 44.5%, the General Election Commission (KPU) said on Tuesday.
The election supervisory agency has said previously there was no evidence of systematic cheating and independent observers have said the poll was free and fair.
“Hopefully this will be a part of realising a democratic nation that is based on the rule of law,” said lawyer Bambang Widjojanto while handing over a thick dossier to court clerks.




“We believe the Constitutional Court will be an important part of this whole process.”
After the KPU’s announcement this week, Prabowo repeated earlier claims that there had been widespread cheating in favour of the incumbent and thousands of his supporters protested against the results in the capital, at times violently.
Eight people were killed, including three teenagers, while more than 900 were hurt in two nights of rioting and clashes between police and protesters, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and the city health department said.
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The Constitutional Court is expected to hold the first hearing on the case on June 14 and to deliver a verdict on June 28, according to court spokesman Fajar Laksono.
“The process of submitting the dispute lawsuit and other legal efforts are steps to ensure that we can carry election results that are free and fair,” Prabowo’s running mate, Sandiaga Uno, told reporters earlier on Friday.
He said people had “witnessed with their own eyes” that the polls were unfair.

An exit poll conducted by pollster Indikator Politik Indonesia on election day showed that 94 per cent of voters believed the election had been free and fair.
Police have arrested hundreds of people accused of taking part in the riots or provoking violence, two of whom were members of a militant group that had pledged support for Islamic State, national police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal said.
Police had also found envelopes containing money, suggesting instigators had paid some of the rioters, Iqbal said, adding that tests showed some of the suspects had taken the stimulant methamphetamine.
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A small number of protesters gathered peacefully near the Constitutional Court on Friday.
Widodo has warned of tough action against those instigating riots, while Prabowo has called for peaceful protests and restraint.
Jusuf Kalla, Widodo’s vice-president, met Prabowo on Thursday, Prabowo’s campaign team said without elaborating.

Prabowo also lost the 2014 presidential election to Widodo by a slimmer margin and had objected to that result, lodging a complaint with the Constitutional Court that was rejected.
Some analysts have said he faces an even tougher task this time to get the court to accept his campaign’s arguments, given the margin of Widodo’s victory.
The government has deployed 58,000 police and soldiers across Jakarta to maintain security and put temporary blocks on some social media to prevent unrest sparked by fake news.


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Prabowo Subianto launches legal challenge against Indonesian election results, complaining vote was rigged

Prabowo Subianto gestures after a press conference during the general election in Jakarta in April. Photo: AFP

The brother's of former general and president candidate Prabowo Subianto, Hashim Djojohadikusumo (2nd R), and their lawyer Bambang Widjojanto (L), submit a lawsuit to the constitutional court in Jakarta, on May 24, 2019, regarding a presidential election results dispute. - Indonesia's election commission confirmed incumbent President, Joko Widodo, had beaten Subianto, who has until May 24, to challenge the results at the Constitutional Court. (Photo by DANY KRISNADHI / AFP)

Indonesia's navy soldiers stand guard as Prabowo-Sandi National Campaign Team (BPN) submit documents for challenging the election result outside Indonesia's constitutional court in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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Protesters clash with police in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters

epa07592521 Indonesian protesters clash with the police during a protest outside of the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) building in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 May 2019. According to media reports, at least six people were died and 200 were injured as protests turned violent following the announcement of the presidential election. Incumbent Indonesian President, Joko Widodo re-elected after winning the presidential election over his rival, retired General Prabowo Subianto, the election commission announced early on 21 May 2019. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM

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Seven rioters died in the Jakarta clashes, according to police. Photo: Bloomberg

epa06119502 Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (L), Indonesia's National Police chief General Tito Karnavian (C) and the police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) narcotics division head Brig.Gen Eko Daniyanto (R) posse for a photo during a press conference at Indonesia's National Police Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, 01 August 2017. According to reports, Indonesian National Police and Indonesian customs seized at least 1.2 million ecstasy pills produced in the Netherlands, 2.2 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and arrested two suspects. EPA/BAGUS INDAHONO

Protesters gesture during a protest across the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) headquarters following the announcement of the last month's presidential election results in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 22, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin, left, together with their election opponents Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno, release birds before the election to symbolise a peaceful campaign. Photo: EPA

Indonesia Chief Security Minister Wiranto delivers a speech during a meeting between former militants and victims in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta

CORRECTING NAME SPELLING Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (C) leaves her office in Jakarta on May 5, 2010. Indrawati quit on May 5 to take a top job at the World Bank after months spent battling politicians bent on her ouster, leaving investors rattled. The resource-rich country of 234 million people now has no full-time central bank governor and no finance minister as it tries to attract billions of dollars in foreign investment deemed vital to maintaining high growth. AFP PHOTO

A security official walks through a Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train carriage during the first day of commercial operations in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, April 1, 2019. Indonesia President Joko Widodo instructed an integrated transportation system be built by developing a metro and light rail metro network to compliment an existing bus and commuter rail system. His aim was to ease congestion that costs $5 billion of economic losses annually. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

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Eight people died and more than 900 were hurt in two nights of rioting and clashes between police and Prabowo supporters after release of official results


Eight people died and more than 900 were hurt in two nights of rioting after official announcement that Jokowi had won 55.5 per cent of vote.


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