Prabowo Remains Defiant as He Contests Indonesia Election Result
- Former general disputes unofficial counts showing his defeat
- Incumbent Jokowi on course to win re-election, surveys show
Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech to supporters in Jakarta on April 19.
Photographer: Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images
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Prabowo Subianto claimed victory for a third day in Indonesia’s presidential election, dismissing unofficial quick counts showing a win for incumbent leader Joko Widodo.
“The official victory is in front of our eyes,” Prabowo, as the former general is commonly known, told a gathering of his supporters in Jakarta on Friday. “Despite all the irregularities, various threats and intimidation and practices that deviate from the principles of democracy, the will of the Indonesian people cannot be pressured anymore.”