Speaking at an investment forum, Prabowo, who unofficial vote counts show won the Feb. 14 presidential election by a huge margin, also said he believed economic growth could reach 8% annually within the next four or five years.
Currently serving as defence minister, Prabowo has embraced the popular agenda of
outgoing leader Joko Widodo, who broke into an Indonesian political scene long dominated by Suharto-era elites and who beat him twice at the polls.
Talks of changing alliances and political jockeying have made headlines in Southeast Asia's largest economy after the election commission last month officially announced the outcome of presidential and parliamentary votes.
"This is an emphatic result that diminishes prospects for legal challenges and will also provide the Widodo-Prabowo alliance with an element of affirmation from the public for decision-making in the months ahead," said political analyst Kevin O'Rourke.
I would like to say congratulations to General Prabowo Subianto," he said, before attaching lapels with four gold stars on Prabowo's blazer. "This honour is a form of appreciation, it reaffirms devotion to the people and the country.
If quick count results are confirmed and Prabowo is sworn in to the top job in October, he would inherit an $1.4 trillion economy facing a global economic slowdown, ongoing geopolitical tensions and threats of climate change.
But Jokowi's intimated support for Prabowo, plus allegations he interfered in a court ruling to allow his son to contest the vice presidency, have prompted an unprecedented storm of criticism that he has overreached, departing from previous presidents who have been neutral over their succession.
While Subianto is promising more of Widodo's economic development, the prospect of his presidency is causing alarm among rights groups that democratic gains made since the end of authoritarian rule could be rolled back.
Growing up Gibran was set to follow in his father's furniture salesman footsteps after studying in Singapore and Australia, but he moved into catering and created a business selling traditional Indonesian dishes.
Former governors Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo also alleged tacit support from the hugely popular President Joko Widodo had gifted Prabowo an unfair advantage, as did the inclusion of the outgoing leader's son as his running mate,
av classic owing to the same court's decision to change eligibility rules.
"Indications put Prabowo-Gibran (Rakabuming Raka) in the lead, which if confirmed would suggest policy continuity over the next few years, especially on infrastructure developments, commodity downstreaming push, new capital city as well as higher welfare spending in the mix.
A much slower, preliminary tally by the election commission with 18% of votes counted also pointed to a Prabowo rout of his rivals, putting the 72-year-old political veteran on a trajectory for a decisive single-round win.
"Indonesian voters' enthusiasm for Prabowo does not represent a disillusionment with democracy," wrote Ben Bland, director of Chatham House's Asia-Pacific programme, in an essay in Foreign Affairs before the vote.
Most of political parties in Indonesia are used to working within the government," Airlangga said. "The way I see it, there is little chance of existing parties not to negotiate joining the government ...
He was later elected Jakarta governor and became president for two terms with PDIP's backing. Gibran has also served as Surakarta mayor since 2020. Jokowi joined PDIP in 2004 to run for mayor of Surakarta and won two terms.
Indonesia's constitutional court on Monday rejected challenges to the country's presidential vote won by Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, after his main rivals alleged rules were unfairly changed to allow the outgoing leader's son to run as his vice president.
"We will fight to bring prosperity for all people of Indonesia. We will continue what was already being built by previous presidents," Subianto said in a final pitch to supporters at a weekend campaign rally.
Jokowi's brother-in-law was chief justice at the time of the ruling. A decision last year by the constitutional court to change eligibility rules allowed Gibran Rakabuming Raka, son of outgoing president Joko Widodo (known locally as Jokowi), to become Prabowo's running-mate.
If we dare to leave our differences aside, let's leave our feelings, let's find our love for the country, let's sacrifice together for our people." "If Indonesia wants to survive, becoming a prosperous country, all elites must work together.
JAKARTA, March 20 (Reuters) - Outgoing President Joko Widodo is trying to take control of one of Indonesia's biggest political parties to retain the influence he racked up during a decade in power and protect it from his successor Prabowo Subianto, four members of the ruling coalition told Reuters.
The recently decorated honorary four-star general rose to the top job in the world's third-largest democracy despite past allegations of human rights abuses during his time in the military, which he has denied. His popularity soared with younger voters, especially on social media like TikTok, and especially after he picked Jokowi's son as his running mate.