Prabowo Releases Footage, Accusing the KPU of Siding with Jokowi
25 July 2014 22:02 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Presidential Candidate Prabowo Subianto released a video of him giving a political speech on YouTube today. In the 23-minute video, Prabowo delivered several points, including the false reportings against him in the presidential election. He also accused the General Election Commission favor his opponent.
"The election was not fair and that it was siding to one contestant," said Prabowo, referring to Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla. He also said that protests and suggestions that highlight the number of violation was ignored.
Prabowo believed that democracy should be carried out accordingly, especially because presidential election carries the hope of all Indonesians. The mandate should be granted on the basis of righteousness, justice, openness, and honesty. "However, we have found out massive and systemic violation," he said.
Prabowo added that his legal and data team has discovered massive violation. Therefore, he said that the presidential election 2014 has failed, and has violated the main idea of democracy. "Agreeing to the decision means that we agree to violation, a lie," said Prabowo.
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