Indonesia's Prabowo wins presidential election, poll body says

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Indonesia's election commission on Wednesday (March 20) formally announced that Prabowo Subianto had received the most votes in last month's presidential election.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/358tpz6a  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Indonesia's election commission on Wednesday formally announced that Prabowo Subianto

00:07 had received the most votes in last month's presidential election.

00:12 The former Special Forces Commander and current Defense Minister won the contest with nearly

00:17 60 percent of votes, a resounding win over rivals Agnis Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo,

00:23 who received about 25 percent and 16 percent of votes respectively, according to the official

00:29 tally of the election body.

00:31 Prabowo, a three-time presidential candidate, is expected to take over from outgoing President

00:37 Jokowi Dodo, known as Jokowi, in October.

00:41 He billed himself to voters and investors alike as the "continuity" candidate.

00:46 On Wednesday, he repeated a pledge to use as a guide Jokowi's economic policies, which

00:52 have modernized infrastructure, cut red tape, and delivered growth and prosperity.

00:58 The recently decorated honorary four-star general rose to the top job in the world's

01:03 third largest democracy despite past allegations of human rights abuses during his time in

01:09 the military, which he has denied.

01:12 His popularity soared with younger voters, especially on social media like TikTok, and

01:17 especially after he picked Jokowi's son as his running mate.

01:21 Both losing camps have alleged the electoral process was marred by widespread counting

01:26 irregularities.

01:28 Anis Baswedan filed a legal case at the Constitutional Court on Thursday to challenge the outcome.

01:34 The Ganjar Pranowo team is also expected to lodge a legal challenge.

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