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Indonesia's top court hears appeals from losing presidential candidates who want a revote

Mar. 27, 2024 21:53 PM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court heard appeals lodged by two losing presidential candidates who are demanding a revote, alleging widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls in appearances before the judges Wednesday. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto won the...

A losing candidate in Indonesia's presidential election demands a revote, alleging fraud

Mar. 23, 2024 10:59 AM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The camp of Indonesia’s losing presidential candidate filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court on Saturday alleging widespread fraud at the polls and demanded a revote. The legal team of Ganjar Pranowo, who was backed by the governing Indonesian...

Indonesia presidential runner-up alleges widespread fraud as he contests official election results

Mar. 21, 2024 04:33 AM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A runner-up in Indonesia’s presidential election filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court on Thursday, alleging widespread irregularities and fraud at the polls. Former Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan, who received nearly 41 million votes, or 24.9%,...

Indonesia's defense minister, accused of abuses under dictatorship, is declared election winner

Mar. 20, 2024 22:52 PM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto was announced the winner of the presidential election in the world's third-largest democracy Wednesday over two former governors who vow to contest the result in court over alleged irregularities. Subianto, who...

Prabowo Subianto's election as Indonesia's next president is official. Why is it being challenged?

Mar. 20, 2024 22:25 PM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s electoral commission announced on Wednesday that Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a former general linked to past human rights abuses, was elected president. The results immediately drew allegations of fraud from Subianto’s political rivals. ...

Indonesian presidential rivals plan to contest official election results with allegations of fraud

Mar. 14, 2024 05:28 AM EDT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The camps of the two Indonesian presidential candidates who appear to have lost in an election last month said Thursday they plan to challenge the official results in the Constitutional Court with allegations of widespread fraud. Indonesians voted on Feb....

Indonesia's likely next president made 4-star general despite links to alleged human rights abuses

Feb. 28, 2024 00:59 AM EST

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday awarded an honorary four-star general rank to Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a former high-ranking army officer who is linked to human rights abuses and who emerged as the apparent winner of the Feb. 14 presidential...

Indonesian activists protest ex-general's win in presidential election and allege massive fraud

Feb. 16, 2024 08:50 AM EST

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Protesters marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday demanding the election authority stop Prabowo Subianto from taking office as the next president and claiming widespread electoral fraud. Subianto, a former general linked to past human rights abuses,...

Who is Prabowo Subianto, the former general who's Indonesia's next president?

Feb. 15, 2024 05:55 AM EST

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A wealthy ex-general with ties to both Indonesia's popular outgoing president and its dictatorial past looks set to be its next leader. He's promised to continue the outgoing president's widely popular policies, but his human rights record has activists and some analysts...

Former Indonesian general linked to human rights abuses claims victory in presidential election

Feb. 14, 2024 20:58 PM EST

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A former general linked to past human rights abuses claimed victory Wednesday in Indonesia’s presidential election, a result that would raise questions about the commitment to democratic values in the sprawling island nation that is the world’s third-largest...