The Aceh people are an inspiration to all Indonesians. They have been known for being brave, and for contributing to the glory of IndonesiaBanda Aceh, Aceh Darussalam (ANTARA) - Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has said the people of Aceh Province are an inspiration to Indonesians.
"The Aceh people are an inspiration to all Indonesians. They have been known for being brave, and for contributing to the glory of Indonesia," he said here on Friday.
Accompanied by his running mate, Sandiaga Uno, and Chairman of his campaign team in Aceh Muzakir Manaf, he expressed his gratitude to the Aceh people for giving him a landslide victory in the province during the 2019 presidential elections.
"Sandiaga Salahudin Uno and I come here to thank the people of Aceh. Thank you for your trust in us, your dedication, your spirit, your loyalty, and your courage," the former commander of the Indonesian military's Special Force (Kopassus) said.
Uno said he was very grateful that Prabowo and him won some 84 percent of votes in Aceh Province.
"This is thanks to our hard work. Thank you for working hard, but our fight is not over yet because we have to continuously monitor the vote count," Uno said.
Prabowo Subianto, Sandiaga Uno, Amien Rais, Ustadz Bachtiar Nasir, Dahnil Anzar Simajuntak offered Friday prayers at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque.
While visiting Aceh Province, in Jakarta, the Information Technology (IT) Volunteers of the Prabowo-Sandi Campaign Team (BPN) reported a total of 73,716 incorrect vote data entries on the Vote Count Information System (Situng) of the General Election Commission (KPU) to the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu).
"Initially, we found 9,440 (incorrect data entries), and it later increased to 73,715 entries on Situng from April 27 to May 2, 2019," Mustofa Nahrawardaya, coordinator of the BPN's IT Volunteers, said.
The vote data entry inconsistencies occurred in at least 477,021 polling stations.
"The largest number of mistakes was found in Central Java, notably in 7,666 polling stations, in 5,826 polling stations in East Java, 4,327 polling stations in North Sumatra, 3,296 polling stations in South Sumatra, and 3,219 polling stations in South Sulawesi," he said.
The tolerance limit of mistakes in the IT system is 0.1 percent, while the mistake rate in the KPU Situng is 15.4 percent.
He urged the Commission to stop data entries on the Situng, and to conduct a forensic audit of the KPU IT.
Indonesia organized simultaneous legislative and presidential elections on April 17, 2019, where incumbent Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Prabowo Subianto went head-to-head once again.
Translator: Irman Yusuf, Fardah
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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