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Prabowo holds press conference without Megawati

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 07/08/2009 9:40 PM | Presidential Election

Vice presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto held Wednesday evening a press conference at Megawati Soekarnoputri's home on Jl. Teuku Umar, Jakarta, without Megawati, to criticize the day’s election process.

In the press conference, Prabowo was accompanied by various members of Gerindra and the PDI-P including Fadli Zon, Gayus Lumbuun, Suhardi, Mahendradatta and Arif Budimanta.







Prabowo criticized survey institutions for releasing their quick counts before the end of election day, saying they unfairly shaped public opinion.

Everyone must await the official election results from the General Elections Commission [KPU], which will be announced on July 18, he added.

"The vote counting [by the KPU] is still underway. People must be patient to wait the official outcome," he said.

"I think this election was far from democratic.”
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