Indonesia's losing candidates urge court to disqualify president-elect

Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan speaks while challenging the election result at Indonesia's constitutional court in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 27, 2024, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.JAKARTA — Indonesia's losing presidential candidates laid out their court challenge on Wednesday to last month's election, accusing the state of interference and urging a poll re-run and disqualification of the winner, Prabowo Subianto.

Prabowo received nearly 60 per cent of the votes, helped by the tacit backing of hugely popular former rival Jokowi. Anies' team urged the court to disqualify Prabowo from the ballot, as a beneficiary of unfair practises, asking it to order Jokowi to keep neutral in any re-run of the election, and not use the state apparatus or budget to help one candidate.

Prabowo has maintained he won clearly and fairly. Anies' presentation lacked evidence, his legal team said on Wednesday. "Violations in the election are surprising to us because they destroyed our morals, which is an abuse of power," Ganjar told the court.

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