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| Defeated candidate rejects Indonesia vote results |
| 2009-07-26 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Defeated presidential candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri has rejected Indonesia's presidential election results which saw the re-election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Guess she figures it worked in Iran, why not give it a try in Indonesia... Gayus Lumbuun, a Spokesman for Megawati's campaign, said that the former president-turned-opposition leader will file a complaint with the country's Constitutional Court. Megawati, who only managed to secure 26.8 percent of the ballot, has reasons to believe that there are 'unresolved legal issues' over the July 8 vote, said her party spokesman. Since she was flat out incompetent when she was prez, I'm surprised she got as many votes as she did... The opposition leader's decision to challenge the results came after Indonesia's Elections Commission on Friday officially announced Yudhoyono the winner with 60.8 percent of the 121 million votes cast. "Because there are still unresolved legal issues, we are rejecting the presidential election results from the KPU (election commission)," Gayus Lumbuun said. The defeated candidate alleges that the voter lists were flawed and that duplicate names and names of dead people were appearing on the electoral rolls. The irregularities have even been acknowledged by Indonesia's electoral watchdog. Election Supervisory Body Chief Nur Hidayat Sardini said 'there were many violations', the BBC reported. Despite admitting the violations, the body has described the vote as a 'success'. Yudhoyono, who is set to serve a yet another 5-year-term as president, came to power after defeating Megawati in Indonesia's first direct presidential election in 2004. |
| Posted by:Fred |