PBNU Congratulations To Prabowo-Gibran The Winner Of The 2024 Presidential Election

Chairman of PBNU KH Yahya Cholil Staquf (center) at a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday (21/3/2024). (ANTARA/Prisca Triferna)

JAKARTA - The Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board congratulated Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka after being appointed by the General Election Commission (KPU) as winners of the presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 election. "The Executive Board of Nahdlatul Ulama congratulated those who succeeded, say, winning the competition. Congratulations to Pak Prabowo Subianto and Pak Gibran Rakabuming for determining him as the winner of the presidential election," said PBNU Chairman KH Yahya Cholil Staquf at a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday, March 21, confiscated by Antara.

PBNU also congratulated the parties that won seats in the DPR and the DPD members who he said won the trust of the people in this position.

Regarding the issue of the dispute over the results of the 2024 General Election, Gus Yahya invited the public to find a way out calmly.

"So that we can resolve this election as well as we can handle the problems of the people that I mentioned earlier, namely the people who are currently being seriously affected by the disaster," he said. He asked that all issues related to the 2024 General Election be resolved with the proper channels, namely through legal channels related to legal issues and institutional political procedures for political affairs.

Previously, the KPU on Wednesday, March 20, determined the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka to win the 2024 presidential election by winning 96,214,691 votes.

Meanwhile, the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair received 40,971,906 votes, while the Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md pair received 27,040,878 votes.

The total valid ballots amounted to 164,227,475 votes.