Indonesia's Prabowo starts election court challenge

August 07, 2014

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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Runner-up Prabowo Subianto claimed widespread cheating cost him victory in last month's presidential election, at the start of his legal challenge to the results Wednesday (August 6th), AFP reported.

In a fiery speech at the Constitutional Court, Prabowo lashed out at the "dishonesty and injustice" of the poll that found he lost to Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo.

Prabowo's team has filed a lengthy complaint against the election commission with the Constitutional Court. The court must issue a ruling by August 21st. It cannot be appealed.

Independent analysts view Prabowo's challenge as unlikely to succeed.

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- aviv muthowin
  
  August 20, 2014 @ 07:08:53AM
- With Constitutional Court overturning the lawsuit contesting the results of the presidential election, destroyed too are those who would harm the country. Amen.
- daddy
  
  August 15, 2014 @ 05:08:13AM
- If he had not been cheated Prabowo would have won, I am sure of it.

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