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SBY: ELECTION WEAKNESSES WERE NOT `FRAUD`
Bogor, INDONESIA, July 25 (ANTARA) - Presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhohono (SBY) who is also the incumbent president said the shortcomings or mistakes that occurred in the July 8 presidential poll were not "fraud".
"The irregularities, mistakes or shortcomings that happened cannot be categorized as fraud straightaway, but still all these problems must settled properly," Yudhoyono who is more popularly called SBY said here on Saturday.
Under the existing election system and law, poll contestants who were not satisfied by the election's final reslts had an opportunity to lodge a complaint or file a lawsuit through a court, he said.
"We hope the protests will be channeled peacefully, with respect for democracy and the rule of law," said SBY who was accompanied by his running mate, Boediono.
SBY said his side had also collected findings in the field, tending towards the voting irregularities or mistakes.
"We have filed some of them to the law enforcers to seek for a fair settlement," he said.
Citing an example, SBY said his side had found alleged difference of vote count at certain location, but it was not reported to the Constitutional Court (MK) because the difference was not significant.
"After making analysis, we found it showed only hundreds of votes different. Of course, we feel improper to report it to the MK which will not change the KPU's decision (on the final results of vote count," SBY said.
In addition, the SBY's election team has also found a number of alleged frauds which had been reported to the general election supervisory committee (Panwaslu) in every region.
Yudhoyono said his side will also give input and suggestion to the KPU regarding the dispute on the permanent voters list (DPT).
According to Yudhoyono, the press conference he was holding at the moment was not a speech marking his acceptance on the final results of the presidential race vote count, but only to respond the presidential election process that had settled the final vote count process.
"The speech marking the acceptance of the final vote count, will be made later after the MK concludes settling the election problem," SBY cited.
The KPU officially announced that the Susilo Bambang Yudhyoyono-Boediono pair won 73,874,562 or 60.80 percent of the votes cast in the July 8 presidential election.
The KPU in a plenary session here Saturday also announced that the Megawati Soekarnoputri-Prabowo Subianto duo had bagged 32,548,105 or 26.79 percent and the Jusuf Kalla - Wiranto ticket 15,081,814 or 12.41 percent of the votes. ***
"The irregularities, mistakes or shortcomings that happened cannot be categorized as fraud straightaway, but still all these problems must settled properly," Yudhoyono who is more popularly called SBY said here on Saturday.
Under the existing election system and law, poll contestants who were not satisfied by the election's final reslts had an opportunity to lodge a complaint or file a lawsuit through a court, he said.
"We hope the protests will be channeled peacefully, with respect for democracy and the rule of law," said SBY who was accompanied by his running mate, Boediono.
SBY said his side had also collected findings in the field, tending towards the voting irregularities or mistakes.
"We have filed some of them to the law enforcers to seek for a fair settlement," he said.
Citing an example, SBY said his side had found alleged difference of vote count at certain location, but it was not reported to the Constitutional Court (MK) because the difference was not significant.
"After making analysis, we found it showed only hundreds of votes different. Of course, we feel improper to report it to the MK which will not change the KPU's decision (on the final results of vote count," SBY said.
In addition, the SBY's election team has also found a number of alleged frauds which had been reported to the general election supervisory committee (Panwaslu) in every region.
Yudhoyono said his side will also give input and suggestion to the KPU regarding the dispute on the permanent voters list (DPT).
According to Yudhoyono, the press conference he was holding at the moment was not a speech marking his acceptance on the final results of the presidential race vote count, but only to respond the presidential election process that had settled the final vote count process.
"The speech marking the acceptance of the final vote count, will be made later after the MK concludes settling the election problem," SBY cited.
The KPU officially announced that the Susilo Bambang Yudhyoyono-Boediono pair won 73,874,562 or 60.80 percent of the votes cast in the July 8 presidential election.
The KPU in a plenary session here Saturday also announced that the Megawati Soekarnoputri-Prabowo Subianto duo had bagged 32,548,105 or 26.79 percent and the Jusuf Kalla - Wiranto ticket 15,081,814 or 12.41 percent of the votes. ***
