Anies Baswedan challenges Indonesia’s presidential election result, calls for rerun

By Al Jazeera, March 27, 2024

Anies Baswedan, who lost February’s presidential election in Indonesia, has told a court the poll was unjust and fraught with interference, as he laid out his challenge to the outcome and called for a re-run. Read more at  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/27/anies-baswedan-challenges-indonesia-presidential-election-calls-for-rerun

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Anies and Ganjar ask for Gibran to be retrospectively disqualified, Hotman Paris: Application by sore loser

Kompas.com, March 26, 2024

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Legal team for president and vice president elect Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Mr. Hotman Paris, said that losing  candidates Anies Baswedan and running mate Muhaimin Iskandar and Ganjar Pranowo and running mate Mahfud MD are sore losers.

Hotman said that the two losing  presidential election contestants were whining because they had asked the Constitutional Court to disqualify vice presidential candidate Mr. Gibran from being qualified to stand in the recent 2024 presidential election. Read more at https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2024/03/26/06120581/kubu-anies-dan-ganjar-minta-gibran-didiskualifikasi-hotman-paris-permohonan.

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