There were cheers at the camp of governor hopeful Baswedan and running mate Sandiago Uno as quick counts of the election in Indonesia’s capital came streaming in on Wednesday afternoon.
“We just got news that 90 per cent of the quick count has come in and it shows Jakarta has a new governor and deputy governor,” their backer, politician and businessman Prabowo Subianto announced.
Subianto lost to President Joko Widodo at the 2014 national election and is believed to want to try again in 2019.
While numbers varied, quick counts of the election by a number of sources including the national newspaper the Jakarta Post, MetroTV and the online website Kompas, all had Baswedan comfortably ahead.
Shortly after Subianto made his announcement Baswedan took the microphone, telling his supporters: “For us the journey is still long”.
“Our real effort is to bring justice for Jakarta’s people.”
Uno, meanwhile, called for unity saying: “Let’s forget the past months, let’s look at the victorious five years ahead for Jakarta”.
The pair had gone up against Purnama – commonly referred to as Ahok – who took the gubernatorial reigns after Widodo went from running Jakarta to running the country in 2014.
Since then, Ahok had promoted himself as an anti-corruption, straight-talking politician who was bent on cleaning up Jakarta’s streets, and building infrastructure.
He looked set for a comfortable victory.
Source: Baswedan claims Jakarta in tense election | Perth Now
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