Indonesia's Susilo enacted President

INDONESIA: Indonesian electoral commission, the General Election Commission (KPU), enacted here yesterday the winning of the incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his pairing Boediono in the 2009 presidential election and issued a particular legal basis to strengthen their victory.

"After studying the result of manual count, we learned that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono pairing won more than 50 percent votes nationwide, or equals to more than 20 percent in each of the country's 33 provinces, we enacted that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his pairing Boediono were the winner of the 2009 presidential election," the KPU Chairman Abdul Hafiz Anshary said in a plenary session held in the KPU office here. Abdul said that Susilo and his pairing obtained more than 73 million votes or equals to 60.80 percent from a total of 127 million votes in July 8 election nationwide counted by the KPU.

In the occasion that was not attended by any of the presidential candidates, the KPU issued its particular law that enacts the winning of Susilo and his pairing, Boediono.

Copies of the law were handed over to the heads of People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Constitution Commission (MK) and representatives of political parties took part in the elections. The sworn-in of Susilo to commence his second presidency term is slated for October 20.

The MK turned down Susilo's rivals the challenge to hold a re- election for alleged structured and massive fraud committed by the KPU that benefited Susilo's pairing in the July 8 election.

Even though admitting that minor violations were persisted in the election conduction, the MK said that their complaint could not be proved and were based and merely assumption.

Jakarta, Tuesday, Xinhua