{"id":61918,"date":"2024-02-15T05:27:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2024\/feb\/14\/controversial-former-general-prabowo-subianto-claims-victory-in-indonesia-election-video"},"modified":"2024-02-15T05:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:27:27","slug":"controversial-former-general-prabowo-subianto-claims-victory-in-indonesia-election-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=61918","title":{"rendered":"Controversial former general Prabowo Subianto claims victory in Indonesia election \u2013 video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indonesia’s former defence minister Prabowo Subianto, 72, has claimed victory as early results showed him being on course to win. Subianto struck a conciliatory tone in a speech to supporters in Jakarta, vowing to be a president for Indonesians of all backgrounds, saying: ‘Prabowo-Gibran and all of the Indonesia Forward coalition will embrace all elements and powers and become the president, vice-president and government present for all the people of Indonesia.’<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The controversial former general, once banned from the US, is alleged to have been involved in human rights abuses in East Timor and Papua New Guinea but rebranded himself with a TikTok campaign in which he pitched himself as a cuddly grandpa with awkward dance moves. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

More than 200 million people were eligible to vote in the election in what was the largest single-day vote in the world<\/p>\n<\/p>\n