As politicians are known to be stuffy, boring individuals, one would have to count out Joko Widodo from that group. MetalHammer reported that Widodo, who is known to frequent metal shows in Indonesia and has once owned a signed bass guiter from Rob Trujillo of Metallica, received 53.15% of the total number of votes, or over 8 million, easily declaring him as the new Indonesia president. He has easily surpassed opponent Prabowo Subianto, who received 46.85% of the votes.
Although investors had welcomed the idea for a different kind of politician to be the Asian country's new leader, Subianto appeared to be not backing down without a fight. Bloomberg said that Subianto's lawyer is planning to contest Widodo's win in a constitutional court.
On the other hand, pundits said that Subianto's lawsuit will most likely not win. Visiting professor Nasir Tamar at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta said, "It has never been done before in the history of Indonesia's presidential election, this kind of dispute in the constitutional court where the margin with the winner is already 6 percent. It is very, very difficult because it is a clear majority."
Nonetheless, Bloomberg said that Subianto is willing to go all the way, all in the guise of correcting Indonesia's systems which are notoriously flawed and corrupt. Didi Supriyanto, a member of his legal team, said today to the news agency, "The target is to affect the decision itself. But we are filing a lawsuit not merely to become the president, but more to show an election process that we consider has legal defects due to violations during the process."
However, the number of votes had clearly spoken that Indonesians are looking for a liberal leadership, and is seeking a person in Jokowi, who has no political experience and is considered to be an ordinary person. Political analyst Ikrar Nusa Bhakti at the Jakarta-based Indonesian Institute of Sciences stated, "Jokowi's win means a lot because this is the first time an ordinary person could win the election in Indonesia. Previously all of the presidential candidates were either former military men, or the son or daughters of the high-ranking people in Indonesia."
