TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian President Joko Widodo or Jokowi claimed that he is not really concerned about the ongoing plan to investigate alleged fraud in the 2024 presidential election.

“It's a democratic right. No problem,” he said after a ceremony to mark the National Press Day in Ancol, North Jakarta, on Tuesday, February 20.

He refrained from commenting further when asked if the inquiry could affect the candidate pair accused of rigging the election.

As widely reported, presidential candidate number three Ganjar Pranowo asked his supporting parties, including the PDIP, in the House of Representatives (DPR) to investigate alleged election fraud.

Ganjar stressed that alleged fraud practices during the election must be seriously addressed. “If the DPR is not ready with the right of inquiry, I encourage the use of the right of interpellation or working meeting,” said the former governor of Central Java at his residence in South Jakarta on Friday, February 16.

During a meeting with his campaign team on Feb. 15, Ganjar presented thousands of messages in the form of photos, documents, and videos of various alleged election frauds.

Meanwhile, presidential candidate number one Anies Baswedan said that his three supporting parties in the Coalition for Change were ready to use the right of inquiry in the DPR to investigate the election fraud. The three parties are NasDem, PKB, and PKS.

Anies made the statement in response to Ganjar’s initiative, which he deemed a good move. The former governor of Jakarta expressed confidence that his coalition would support the PDIP, which is the largest faction in the DPR to investigate allegations of fraud through legislative channels.

Anies also mentioned that the Coalition for Change is ready to provide pieces of evidence to support the inquiry process.

As of 4 pm on February 20, the official count by the General Election Commission (KPU) showed that presidential candidate pair number 2, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka, remained ahead of rivals Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD.

DANIEL A. FAJRI

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