Anies-Muhaimin congratulate Prabowo-Gibran on duty

Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar stated that they respect the results of the presidential election.

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Presidential and vice presidential candidates number 1, Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar, gave a press statement in front of the General Election Commission building on Wednesday (24/4/2024).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Presidential candidate pair and vice presidential candidate number 1, Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar, congratulate the elected presidential candidate and vice presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka. Anies and Muhaimin stated that they respect the 2024 Presidential Election results process.

Prabowo and Gibran have been appointed as the elected president and vice president for the 2024-2029 period by the General Election Commission (KPU) in a plenary meeting on Wednesday (24/4/2024) at the KPU Building in Central Jakarta. The pair gained 96,214,691 votes or 58.59 percent of the total valid national votes and obtained at least 20 percent of the votes in each province spread across 38 provinces.

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The candidate for president and vice president, number 1, Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar, arrived at the General Elections Commission office to attend the inauguration of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka as president and vice president for the period of 2024-2029, on Wednesday (24/4/2024).

After the plenary meeting to determine, Muhaimin Iskandar congratulated Prabowo and Gibran on their duties. "I congratulate Pak Prabowo and Mas Gibran for the next term of government. "Thus, the entire process of the presidential election has been completed," said the General Chair of the National Awakening Party (PKB).

Muhaimin also expressed his gratitude to all parties who have supported him in the 2024 presidential election. "I would like to thank everyone who has made Amin's (Anies-Muhaimin) or PKB struggle programs a success," he said.

When asked about the possibility of joining the Prabowo-Gibran government coalition, Muhaimin stated that he is still waiting for a meeting with Prabowo. "Let's just wait and see," he said.

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Meanwhile, Anies stated that he was present at the announcement of Prabowo-Gibran as the elected president and vice president in order to respect the presidential election process. "We are present because we want to honor the ongoing state process. The state process has been completed," he said.

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Even though Prabowo and Gibran have been declared elected as president and vice president, according to Anies, there are records of election violations that have been revealed at the Constitutional Court. "The notes conveyed by the Constitutional Court must not be forgotten, and they must be implemented. "There are many notes from there, which are one of the keys to improving the quality of our democracy in the future," he said.

According to Anies, various kinds of intersections that arise in the Constitutional Court hearings must be a concern to correct the democratic process together.