Jakarta, July 19 (Antara) - As they feel the rising tensions, the
public hopes that peace will remain in place when the General Elections
Commission (KPU) announces the results of the July 9 presidential polls
next Tuesday.
The rising temperature of the political atmosphere has been ongoing
since the presidential campaigns were launched last month. Further,
tensions have been exacerbated by the victory claims of the two
contesting presidential candidates, based upon the unofficial quick
counts.
Therefore, the public hopes that there would not be a chaotic situation
when the KPU announces the presidential election results next Tuesday,
July 22, 2014.
The hope for continuing peace has also been expressed by Din Syamsudin,
the executive board chairman of the country's second largest Muslim
organization, Muhammadiyah. Further, the same call came from
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Chairul Tanjung.
Chairul
Tanjung said that the people hoped the announcement of the election
results on July 22 could be conducted in a situation conducive for
peace.
"We
believe that the people's voice is the voice of God (Vox populi vox
Dei). Therefore, we hope all sides will respect the voice of the people.
Whatever the people have voiced is the best for the nation," the
minister said on Friday.
Chairul added that he hoped the public would not suffer from fear of
the current conditions. More importantly, he urges that conditions would
not create excessive worries among businesspeople so that business
activities would continue to run as normal.
Further, he said he appreciated the call by one of the presidential
candidates for his supporters not to mobilize on the day when the KPU
announces the results of the presidential polls.
"We hope that the other candidate will also follow suit so that the
announcement of the poll results will occur without any pressure from
outside and without anger. The results of the KPU vote totals will
therefore be accepted," he remarked.
The minister also hoped that the winner would not be arrogant, but
would be prepared to embrace all sides, while the loser would
wholeheartedly accept the KPU decision, despite the fact that possibly
they would be disappointed.
Thus,
optimism will be present and no significant conflict would take place,
and the country's economic condition will remain stable and conducive to
investors, improving the democratic process in Indonesia.
"If
conflict and clashes take place, they will only cause suffering to the
people who fall victims. If candidates feel they are great leaders, they
must not cause their people and nation to suffer from hardships,"
Chairul added.
In order to prevent conflict, Din Syamsudin called on presidential
candidates and their success teams and supporters to not mobilize during
the announcement on Tuesday.
"Besides
an unnecessary mass mobilization, supporters of the two candidates
should not come to the KPU office. When they file a lawsuit with
Constitutional Court (MK), they should neither come to the MK office
with excessive number of masses," stressed Din Syamsudin, on the
sidelines of a visit to the Malang-based Muhammadiyah University, in
East Java on Friday.
Restraining from mobilizing masses constitutes an important lesson on
how to implement democracy. "And what is more important is that state
pillars are not to be disturbed," Din Syamsuddin stated.
All this, however, will depend on the political elites of the two
candidates. "I hope that the political elites will show their
statesmanship when the results of the polls are announced by the KPU,"
Din Syamsudin noted, adding that the two presidential candidates should
also honestly accept the KPU decision.
After the presidential election has been completed, all sides should
unite again and mutually support each other in developing the country
into a better life.
He said that, unfortunately, the two candidates had both claimed
victories. "The two have come to the Muhammadiyah office and during
their visits I told them that they should have the commitment to
accepting victory and defeat when the KPU announces the results of the
elections," noted Din Syamsudin.
Should there be fraud, it is better to take it to the court, namely the
Constitutional Court (MK), and wait for its decision. The decision
should be accepted by all parties.
Political observer Muhadjir Efendi of the Muhammadiyah University in
Malang expressed his concern as to whether the presidential candidates
would accept the KPU decision if it is not in favor of them, let alone
their supporters.
"Therefore, the political elites have to set examples so that the
people at the grass-roots level will not become involved in conflict.
Moreover, during the campaign period both sides discredited and hurt
each other through, among others, black campaigns," said Muhadjir
He
added that the implementation of the general elections this year was
better than in the previous elections. Yet, this year's election has
been marred by vulgar and brutal negative and black campaigns, something
which is difficult to overcome.
"We therefore hope that all sides will restrain, including during the
announcement of the results of the presidential polls next Tuesday," he
added.
In the meantime, Chief the Jakarta Military Command Maj Gen Mulyono
said his staff had continued to monitor security conditions in the
capital city in the run-up to the announcement of the July 9
presidential election.
"The overall monitoring of the security conditions is being done to
anticipate various undesired possibilities," Maj Gen Mulyono said in a
fast breaking dinner on Tuesday.
He added that the military had the responsibility to create a conducive
situation. "We are doing our best to create security conditions and
protect all processes of the general elections so that it will proceed
in an orderly manner without intimidation," the Jakarta military
commander said.
Indonesia held presidential elections on July 9, 2014, which was
contested by two pairs of presidential and vice presidential
candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla (JK).
Prabowo Subianto is a retired military general and the chairman of
Gerindra (Great Indonesia Movement) Party, while his running mate, Hatta
Rajasa, is a former coordinating minister for economic affairs and the
chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Jokowi is Jakarta's governor and a cadre of the Indonesian Democratic
Party of Struggle (PDIP), and his running mate, JK, is a former vice
president and a senior politician of the Golkar Party.***1***
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