Turkish President Congratulates Prabowo for Most Votes in Quick Count Results

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto received a greeting from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for gaining the most votes in the 2024 General Election, according to quick count results.

Prabowo uploaded Erdogan's letter on his Instagram account @prabowo on Thursday, February 22.

"Yesterday, I received a letter of congratulations from Turkish President @rterdogan regarding the provisional results of the 2024 Election, which was given directly by the Turkish Ambassador @talipkucukcan," Prabowo posted on his social media account, as quoted by Indonesia Window here on Friday.

Prabowo also thanked the Turkish leader for his support.

"I would like to express my deep gratitude for the support and friendship between our two countries," Prabowo added.

In the letter, Erdogan prayed that the Indonesian people could live prosperously and remain brothers under Prabowo's leadership after being officially determined as the winner of the 2024 Election by the General Election Commission (KPU).

"I would like to extend my best wishes for Your Excellency's personal health and happiness, as well as the well-being of the friendly and brotherly people of Indonesia," Erdogan wrote in the letter.

Furthermore, Erdogan believes that the relationship between Indonesia and Turkey will be even stronger because the two countries have historical ties and shared values based on the Indonesia-Turkey strategic partnership.

Previously, several leaders of friendly countries have also congratulated Prabowo on the provisional vote in the 2024 elections.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., or Bongbong Marcos, also congratulated Prabowo through his X social media account.

"I look forward to deepening PH's (Philippines) bilateral relations with Indonesia, a close neighbor and partner in ASEAN, especially as we celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations this year," Marcos said.

In addition, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also congratulated Indonesia and Prabowo.

Through his X social media account, Albanese congratulated Prabowo on the provisional vote that showed him ahead in the 2024 presidential election.

"I am honored to be the first foreign leader to speak today with Prabowo, who has a clear lead in official and unofficial terms, about my ambitions for the future of Australia-Indonesia relations. I look forward to working with the new Indonesian president, once inaugurated in October 2024," Albanese said.

The following is a list of world figures who have congratulated Prabowo as of Wednesday, 21 February:

Via Phone:
1. Australian PM Anthony Albanese
2. Australian DPM Richard Marles
3. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
4. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
5. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe
6. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama
7. President of Timor Leste José Ramos-Horta
8. Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah
9. Former Thai PM Thaksin Sinawatra
10. Former UK PM Tony Blair
11. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan
12. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega

Via social media and mail:
1. Indian PM Narendra Modi
2. British PM Rishi Sunak
3. Russian President Vladimir Putin
4. Chinese President Xi Jinping
5. Philippine President Bongbong Marcos

For information, based on the results of a quick count conducted by the General Election Commission (KPU), the Prabowo-Gibran pair bagged 58.92 percent of the votes.

In second place was the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair with 24.09 percent of the vote; while in third place was Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD with 16.99 percent of the vote.

The data was quoted on Thursday, 22 February, at 21.00 WIB, from the official website https://pemilu2024.kpu.go.id/.

The 2024 presidential election is followed by three pairs, namely Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar as number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka as number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD as number 3.

In accordance with KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2022, the national vote recapitulation for the 2024 elections is scheduled to take place from February 15 to March 20, 2024.

ANTARA

Editor's Choice: KPU Real Count: Prabowo-Gibran Leads with 58.89%, Anies-Muhaimin 24.06%, and Ganjar-Mahfud 17.05%

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