PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS LAWSUIT: President Susilo Bambang Yadhoyono Believes that the Process is Straightforward and Secure

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA—In spite of the Prabowo-Hatta Rajasa lawsuit regarding election results submitted to the Constitutional Court on Friday (7/25/2014), President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono believes that the presidential election process can be run securely.

“I defer to the Constitutional Court for the processing of this case jointly submitted by Prabowo and Hatta Rajasa, which is something completely unremarkable. Remember the previous election in 2009; neither the running mates Mrs. Megawati and Mr. Prabowo nor nor the running mates Mr. Jusuf Kalla and Mr. Wiranto would accept the results announced by the General Elections Commission (KPU), and so took the matter to the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court also proceeded with transparency and accountability,” said the President in an interview uploaded to the YouTube website as quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Saturday (7/26/2014).

The President calls upon the people to provide oversight for the Court to ensure that it is doing exactly as expected. Despite the claims made to the Constitutional Court, the President believes that the entire process will go well and in accordance with the expectations of the people.

“The important thing is that Mr. Prabowo and his supporters and constituents maintain a period of quiet and respect the processes undertaking by the Constitutional Court. So my message and my comments are that I still have faith that everything will be processed properly,” he said.

Earlier, on Friday night, Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa came to the Constitutional Court Building to monitor the registration for the election dispute lawsuit, accompanied by a number of senior party officials from Koalisi Merah Putih (“Red and White Coalition”).

Prabowo and Hatta arrived at the Constitutional Court at 7:30 PM, greeted by an activist group composed of hundreds of volunteers and supporters who had been waiting in front of the Constitutional Court Building since noon.

Prabowo and Hatta did not enter the Constitutional Court Building. They only greeted their hundreds of supporters and urged all of them to go home and entrust the process to the legal team.

“Our legal team has sufficient evidence – nearly one million documents and 52,000 witnesses – and we will forward this to the Court. Let us therefore be calm and return home in an orderly fashion, and let us finish our fast and celebrate Leberan in peace, and after that, we will continue to fight to defend the Republic of Indonesia,” he said, appealing to his hundreds of supporters.

Something similar was expressed by Hatta Rajasa, who arrived in the same car as Prabowo. Hatta stated that the Koalisi Merah Putih team wants all struggles to be resolved in peace, tranquility, and dignity through constitutional and lawful channels.

In attendance at the Constitutional Court Building, Prabowo and Hatta were accompanied by a number of senior Koalisi Merah Putih party officials, including Aburizal Bakrie, Idrus Marham, Akbar Tandjung, Tantowi Yahya, Hidayat Nur Wahid, Fadli Zon, Ahmad Muzani, Ahmad Yani, Ali Mochtar Ngabalin, and others.

Firman Wijaya, Prabowo-Hatta Legal Team Chair, said that, in its registration of the lawsuit, the party has included technical documents in the form of 52,000 C1 documents and a video recording.

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