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  1. Angrymagpie says:

    Even if none of the above happened, I still find it quite worrisome that someone like Prabowo could win around 47% of the votes.. What does that mean to the functioning of the next administration?

  2. Tony says:

    Indeed. We can see his scared and pale face on youtube during declaration. That granny and those naughty ex generals asked him to… lol

  3. Ryo says:

    It will be such a shame for Prabowo and his group of elites if KPU on July 22 announce Jokowi as the new President. All of them were already lost bags of money for campaign (additionally with Bakrie’s firm and Tanoe’s firm current low stock price on market), so they would do allin (crazy enough) or nothing (all of them will have no future).

    I pray for the best.

  4. Tony says:

    You don’t know who Prabowo really is. I just wonder, anybody able to guarantee that this lovely country will be a corruption free and fairly have their own resources if Jokowi-JK lead? At least, I know the person I vote: Prabowo, and he really hate those ‘thief’ practice. The people and party around him might not really good but he needs them to achieve % of t&c to be a president. In fact, Prabowo has alreasy been a rich man without a president post. He just want this lovely country richer and you people smarter.

  5. […] ANU’s @EdwardAspinall and @Marcus Mietzner don’t hold back, accusing Prabowo of trying to sow confusion as part of an attempt to ‘steal’ the election. […]

  6. jklee says:

    Sadly, looking from his past actions – SBY had always chosen his family/party’s interests over interests of the people of Indonesia.

  7. […] The Lowy Institute’s @catriona_cc has some photos of voting in Jakarta, while ANU’s Angie Bexley captured the scene in Yogya. […]

  8. Rini says:

    Media asing yg mana yg anda maksud? Kalau yg anda maksud tulisan ini, sebaiknya anda browsing terlebih dahulu mengenai penulis. Apakah anda tidak berpikir ada yg salah dng kondisi sekarang? Bukankah aneh kalau ada hasil yg berbeda walaupun itu masih berupa quick count. Perlu anda ketahui bahwa quick count kalau dilakukan dng benar dpt merepresentasikan hasil sebenarnya.

  9. Adjie W says:

    Good speech my friend, rewrite your words..”PRABOWO has stated in the past that losing is not an option. Surely he won’t mind going against the people power – since this has been his end game, anyways.” change it with JUSUF KALLA because his not ready to lose according to LIVE Interview in NET.tv :p

  10. Aditya Liviandi says:

    Could you help spare a few minutes of your time to do this to prevent this gaming of the election results?

    Go to http://pilpres2014.kpu.go.id/c1.php, select a random Provinsi, Kabupaten/Kota, Kecamatan, Kelurahan/Desa, dan ID TPS (province, city, etc.)
    There will be 4 pictures for every TPS – sample: http://scanc1.kpu.go.id/viewp.php?f=001596300304.jpg
    just look at the fourth picture and help write down the result on this google doc.

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z7uM-u9uiZy9XRjxlTEnbStf5FGMFZTd27Q6rHgi17o/viewform?usp=send_form
    Thank you so much!

  11. Rini says:

    Stephanie, did you read the article? This is not about what the candidates should do after the election, but about what possibly happen regarding current situation.

  12. […] ran a stunningly poor and unfocused campaign long on personality and short on policy specifics. Even worse, as the Prabowo threat increased, […]

  13. […] Suharto’s former son-in-law, spent parts of the campaign disparaging the idea of ‘one person, one vote,’ and called into question whether […]

  14. jonathan says:

    if prabowo win i will get out from indonesia

  15. Abdullah says:

    Prabowo and his gang are having political problems. They are hungry of power. After power is in Prabowo and his gangs, they will corrupt all country’s wealth. So we are worried supposing prabowo and his gangs are the president of this country.

  16. bayu says:

    You know nothing about Indonesia, guys.
    It’s like demon become angel.. how could it be? The one who declares first that he is the president is only a toy of people surrounds him..
    We’ll see the result on 22 July 2014.

  17. Ghazwa says:

    Just stay at SG. and stop talking like you know something when you are not even here…i bet u would kiss someone ass to get PR over there.

  18. Budianto Kuncoro says:

    It seems that US alliance, including Australia, is so affraid of having Prabowo as Indonesia’s President. I know, it is because Prabowo will not negotiate with foreign countries who try to steal Indonesia’s resources. So, it’s better for Australia to obey yesterday statement of the Chairman of Nadlatul Ulama (NU) in Jakarta that foreign countries not to involve in Indonesian presidential election process. Otherwise, they risk their own people in Indonesia.

  19. Catherine says:

    Hariyanto, haven’t you visited this site before? The analysis is generally of the JOKOWI GOOD PRABOWO BAD variety.

  20. @fajarred says:

    Jokowi’s supporters, incl Messrs. Aspinall & Mietzner, conveniently forgot what Mega-Prabowo & JK-Wiranto did in 2009 presidential election. Most QCs at that time put huge win for SBY, later confirmed by real count. however even though Mega lost by 30+% margin to SBY, she didnt accept the QCs and real KPU count. instead she challenged the KPU count all the way to Constitutional Court (which she bviously lost),
    So, if 30% margin didnt deter Mega & JK at that time, why should Prabowo now accept QCs with 5% margin ? He won 11 provinces incl West Java, Banten, and most probably Jakarta.
    As Mega did, I think Prabowo will challenge KPU decision to Court. the real test will be whether he accept the Court’s decision. Then we can judge who and what he is for our nation.