Din Syamsuddin Asks All Supporters Of Presidential Candidates To Hold Back Not Claiming Victory

JAKARTA - Former General Chairperson of PP Muhammadiyah Din Syamsuddin asked all parties involved in the 2024 election not to claim victory before there was a decision from the KPU. "All parties, especially the third candidate for president-vice president, must refrain from claiming victory before there is a KPU decision," said Din in his statement, Friday, February 16, confiscated by Antara. Indonesia had previously held elections on Wednesday, February 14 to elect leaders for the next five years. He urged that vote counting by the KPU be carried out openly and transparently. The KPU must enter data carefully and accurately based on the results of vote calculations at the TPS-TPS. "The error in data entry (entry data data) recognized by the KPU in the mass media, for the sake of elections/presional elections is peaceful, honest and fair, as well as for the sake of national unity and integrity," he said. If there are parties who feel aggrieved in this election process, then they can file a lawsuit through the applicable legal process.

"The Constitutional Court discussed it objectively, implicitly and fairly," he said.

Previously, the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) also invited the public to respect every election result as the presidential and vice presidential candidates were completed. "The people have made choices and we all have to respect the results. I hope that all parties are ready to accept the results gracefully," said PGI General Chair Gomar Gultom. Gomar said that the results of the quick calculation were not yet an official result. Even though the system allows the public to imagine the final results, it is better for all parties to be patient waiting for the final results of the manual counting by the KPU. He also encouraged the community to re-knit the unity and brotherhood which had been disturbed due to the narratives of the last campaign for Indonesia to be victorious. "If there is dissatisfaction and objections to the existing results, they should take the available path accompanied by evidence and supporting data," he said.