Constitutional Court Rejects All Prabowo-Hatta Plea

Jakarta (Antara) - The Constitutional Court has rejected whole plea on the dispute of presidential election results as filed by presidential and vice presidential pair Prabowo-Hatta. "(Court) rejects the plaintiff's request entirely," said the Constitutional Court (MK) Hamdan Zoelva when reading the MK's verdict here on Thursday evening. The Prabowo-Hatta duo filed a dispute on the presidential election results with the MK alleging structured, systematic, and massive election fraud during the implementation of the 2014 presidential election. The General Elections Commission (KPU) declared on July 22 Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his running mate Jusuf Kalla as president and vice president elect. KPU said Jokowi, as the governor is popularly known, and Jusuf Kalla won the July 9 presidential election with more than 53 percent of the votes. The presidential poll was only participated in by the two pairs. Prabowo and his running mate Hatta Rajasa, however, refused defeat and accused KPU of being unfair and rigging the election. (*) Reporting by Joko Susilo