JAKARTA — Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto pledged on Wednesday (March 20) to be a president for all Indonesians after official results showed him sweeping last month's election, even as rivals said they would mount legal challenges over the electoral process.
Indonesia's front-runner presidential candidate and Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto waves as he delivers his speech after the country's election commission announced last month's presidential election result, in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 20, 2024.
"We invite all Indonesians to look ahead in unity because our challenges are still huge," he said, vowing to eradicate poverty and injustice. "We will use the strong foundation he has built, especially in the economic sector, to work faster, harder, to bring results as quickly as possible to the Indonesian people," he said.
Anies said after the final results that there had been election irregularities and that his legal team would take it to court.
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