Indonesia's Prabowo says quitting presidential election process, alleges fraud

Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said Tuesday, July 22, 2014, he was withdrawing from the election process and would mount a legal challenge to the result, as his opponent Joko Widodo was poised to be declared the winner. -- PHOTO:
Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said Tuesday, July 22, 2014, he was withdrawing from the election process and would mount a legal challenge to the result, as his opponent Joko Widodo was poised to be declared the winner. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said Tuesday he was withdrawing from the election process and would mount a legal challenge to the result, as his opponent Joko Widodo was poised to be declared the winner.

"There has been a massive, structured and systematic fraud in the 2014 elections," Prabowo told reporters.

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