Jakarta, July 23 (Antara) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) on
Tuesday evening had announced Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla (JK) pair
as the winner of the Indonesian July 9, 2014, presidential race against
their competitor Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa duo.
Jokowi and JK, who will be inaugurated as the president and vice
president on October 20 for a five-year period until October 20, 2019,
are expected to implement their programs and promises made during the
pre-election campaigns.
"The president-elect should remain controlled and remember the promises
he had made during the pre-election campaigns. Support and criticism
against the president-elect will make democracy--as an essential means
of popular control on public affairs-- function maximally," political
observer Ari Dwipayana of the Gadjah Mada University said.
Ibrahim, a political observer in Pangkalpinang, Riau Islands Province,
agreed, saying that the president-elect must give substance to the
promises he had made to the people during campaigning.
"The president-elect should now start proving his promises to the
people of Indonesia. As a leader who holds the people's mandate, he has
to prove and realize his promises and programs," he said on Tuesday.
Earlier, before the KPU had made the announcement, the Indonesian
Business Employer Association (Apindo) said that it will demand the
president-elect to implement his promises during his leadership in the
coming five years.
"Whoever is elected president must realize the promises he had made. As
state's citizens, we also ask the president-elect to realize the
promises he had made for businesses to improve the country's economy,"
Deddy Widjaya, the Apindo chairman for West Java, asserted in response
to the announcement of the KPU.
He expressed hope that all parties would be wise to accept the results
of the 2014 presidential elections. "If we had differences in choices
yesterday, today we have to be reunited with a new spirit as we are now
facing a new chapter that will begin shortly," noted Deddy.
In the post-election period, guaranteed security and conducive
conditions are very important for economic and political stability, as
well as for the stability of the people's social life. For the business
world, conducive security and investment climate are keys to success, he
explained.
Deddy
added that the market had remained conducive after the KPU
announcement, where the rupiah exchange value against the US dollar
remained below Rp12 thousand. "The stocks market had also been
relatively conducive on Tuesday evening," Deddy remarked.
"We hope this condition could be maintained, and we are optimistic this
condition will remain," the Apindo chairman for West Java added.
In
order to preserve conducive condition, security stability should be
maintained and parties divided during the presidential race should
reunite.
"Rift
and disunity created as a result of differences of preference with
regard to presidential elections should be ended soon. The president has
been elected by the majority votes. For this purpose, there is no other
choice than to support the winning party. Road must be opened wide for
the president-elect to serve the people," political observer Ibrahim
said.
The
KPU in its plenary session on Tuesday had announced that the Jokowi-JK
pair had won 70,997,833 or 53.15 percent and the Prabowo-Hatta duo had
secured 62,576,444 or 46.85 percent of the 133,574,277 total valid
votes. The valid votes account for about 70.19 percent of the
190,307,134 registered eligible voters.
Ibrahim explained that although it was impossible for the presidential
poll results to satisfy all sides, the democratic mechanism had been
implemented optimally. Winning or losing is normal, and now is the time
for all sides to put their competition aside and begin to build national
reconciliation.
He called on the supporters of Jokowi-JK pair not to indulge in
excessive celebrations because this was the beginning of a great job to
build the country. On the other hand, the Prabowo-Hatta supporters were
also expected to respect the people's decision and to accept it
wholeheartedly.
Prabowo-Hatta camp should not be too immersed in grief because they
still remain the best sons of the nation. The country still needs their
fresh ideas even if they are not the top leaders of the nation.
"The president-elect must develop the country on par with the advanced
nations. The defeated candidates in the meantime are expected to assist
the president-elect in developing the country by providing constructive
ideas in the interest of the nation," Ibrahim said.
Ibrahim said that Jokowi and JK should focus their agenda on fighting
corruption, which has rooted among the central and regional government
officials.
They should focus on priority agenda and not be
trapped by negotiable political mechanism. The camp must put aside the
interest of the party for the interest of the nation.
"Jokowi
and JK have to prove that they are not the puppets of political parties
that had nominated them. They have to convincingly show their support
for the common people whom they had considered their political jargon,"
he added.***1***
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