A court in Indonesia will on Monday deliver its verdict on two challenges to the outcome of February's presidential election, after losing candidates petitioned for a re-run and alleged the state had interfered in favour of winner Prabowo Subianto.
The two rivals of Defence Minister and former special forces commander
Prabowo have both
asked the Constitutional Court to disqualify him from a contest he won by a
huge margin, arguing widespread distribution of social aid in key areas had swayed the vote in his favour.
Prabowo, who won 58% of the votes, has dismissed that as baseless.
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, owing to the same court's decision to change eligibility rules.
