Election Aftermath
Grow mustache! Keeping the Prophet’s hair! Catch me if you can! These are actions from key members of Prabowo-Sandiaga campaign as real count by General Election Commission (KPU) pointed to a comfortable lead of 14 million plus votes for Jokowi with only 25% votes left to be counted.
2019 Aftermath: Latest Maneuvers
Prabowo Subianto, as quoted by Straits Times, told foreign press that he believes the people would take to the streets to protest the frauds committed in the election. He said, however, that he’d not encourage them to do so. His opposition group in the House of Representatives (DPR), meanwhile, pushes the Parliament to establish a special committee (Pansus) to investigate fraud allegations in the 2019 elections. In the meantime, the Chief of the National Police (POLRI) General Tito Karnavian gave a firm warning that “people power” with the aim of toppling a legitimate government amounts to treason.
Latest on the Meikarta Bribery Case
The Corruption Court of the Bandung District Court continued the trial of the five defendants in the case of bribery involving Billy Sindoro and the former Regent of Bekasi one Neneng Hassanah Yasin. The former allegedly bribed the latter in order to obtain licenses for the Meikarta township project; a project developed by PT Mahkota Sentosa Utama, previously subsidiary of PT Lippo Cikarang Tbk (LPCK). The ongoing trial is the trial of the bribees. In the latest hearing, the Court listened to the prosecutors demands for the defendants.
The Upcoming Cabinet Reshuffle
It appears that cabinet reshuffle isn’t a rumor at all. The President’s Spokesperson Johan Budi SP confirmed that the President would make changes to his cabinet after the Lebaran (a local term for the Eid Al-Fitr holidays). Some, however, believe that the reshuffle will be announced next week. Who will go in and out in this fifth round of reshuffle?
Sneak Preview of New Legislative (1)
The official tally conducted by the General Election Commission (KPU) still shows PDIP as the leader of the 2019 legislative election. In the region, the KPU has completed their tally in Bengkulu province and they also nearly completed their tally in Bangka Belitung (Babel), Southeast Sulawesi, and West Sulawesi.
Sneak Preview of 2019 Results (3)
As of this morning (May 8) at 4:00 AM, the KPU has tallied the results of 70% of the polling stations (TPS). Jokowi still leads with 61,014,231 votes (56.24%). Prabowo is behind with 47,479,049 votes (43.76%). So the gap between Jokowi and Prabowo is more than 13.5 million votes or around 13%. This is a comfortable lead for Jokowi.
The New Capital (2)
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo continues to lobby heads of State institutions on his decision to push forward with the plan to move the capital from Jakarta to outside of Java. The Head of the National Development Planning (Bappenas), meanwhile, invited four governors for a meeting on the same day. The said four governors are governors of the provinces that may become the location of the new capital.
2019 Aftermath: Political Circus (3)
Prabowo Subianto made a victory claim and held a celebration three times as he claimed to have secured 62% of the votes in the 2019 presidential race. But recent development suggested that the claim of securing such fantastic figure of votes may be nothing but a lie.
Homo Homini Lupus Est
President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s meeting with Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) at the State Palace recently has triggered series of chain reactions at Prabowo-Sandiaga’s camp. Sandiaga initially saw the meeting in a positive frame, but later on indirectly suggested his discontent saying AHY didn’t consult the campaign team when deciding to accept Jokowi’s invitation.
2019 Aftermath: Jakarta Vice Governorship (2)
Businessman Erwin Aksa, who is also a nephew of Vice President Jusuf Kalla, has been mentioned as an alternative Jakarta Vice Governor candidate. As we all know, Erwin endorsed Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno in the 2019 presidential race.