KPU To Proceed With Its Recatulation

Jakarta, July 21 (Antara) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) will go ahead with its recapitulation on the results of the July 9 presidential election, although a presidential candidate`s success team has threatened to take the matter to court. "We will continue to hold a plenary meeting based on the schedule and regulations," KPU Chairman Husni Kamil Manik stated after chairing an open plenary session on the national recapitulation of the presidential election result here on Monday. Manik noted that the national recapitulation day on Monday was the second day of the recapitulation, which will be held for three days until Tuesday (July 22). "So, no one can stop us. The recapitulation will proceed," he stressed. Manik remarked that his side will not pay heed to the Prabowo-Hatta pair`s success team`s threat of taking the matter to court on grounds that the recapitulation process had legal flaws. The warning was issued by the success team rather than the presidential candidate, Prabowo Subianto, the KPU chairman added. Alamsyah of the Prabowo-Hatta pair`s legal team earlier remarked that fraud had occurred in many regions, so he had given the KPU time until Monday to stop its recapitulation. If it continues with the recapitulation process, the team will take up the matter in the court. On the first day, vote recapitulation was carried out in 15 provinces with the Prabowo-Hatta duo temporarily leading with 13,176,384 votes ahead of the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla pair`s 12,249,515 votes. According to the recapitulation data, the Prabowo team won 926,869 votes more than those garnered by the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla ticket. The KPU has planned to announce the official result of the July 9, 2014, presidential election on Tuesday (July 22). To ensure security and order, the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command will implement a multi-tiered security system during the announcement of the presidential election result. "The KPU compound will be sterilized," the command`s Deputy Chief Brigadier General Sudjarno noted. At the time of the announcement, the police will cordon off the KPU office to prohibit the entry of people within a certain radius of the building, Sudjarno remarked. The supporters of rival candidates attending the announcement will be stopped at different locations to prevent a possible clash that can arise as the crowds start to gather, Sudjarno added. The command will deploy 3,121 personnel to ensure security during the final recount ahead of the announcement of the final result of the election on July 22, he explained. The July 9 election was contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates. After the conclusion of the voting process, both the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla pairs claimed victory. In the meantime, several survey institutions have declared the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla duo as the winner based on their quick vote counts. However, some others have declared the other pair as the winner in the election.