by Abu Hanifah

JAKARTA, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's highest justice institution of Constitutional Court (MK) will issue its final judgment on presidential election results later this week after concluding a week-long hearing on frauds in the poll process claimed by the loser camp.

The MK was scheduled to issue its final judgment on the poll results Friday after discussing the hearing results and materials presented by the winner and loser camps in the poll.

"We will hold a justice assembly meeting. Intense debate will happen to discuss what have been presented by the two camps in this court. It is going to be tough (process)," MK Chairman Anwar Usman said at the conclusion of the hearing process over the weekend.

The hearing was part of legal process to accommodate the challenge against poll vote count results announced by the General Election Commission (KPU) last month, which qualified the incumbent candidate President Joko Widodo as the 2019 presidential election winner.

In his lawsuit filed to the MK, Prabowo Subianto, President Widodo's arch rival in the last two elections, claimed that the poll was marred with massive frauds that put the incumbent candidate at advantage.

Therefore, he demanded the MK disqualify the incumbent candidate's victory and order a re-election process in provinces identified to have the frauds.

Prabowo's witnesses presented several accounts which they identified as frauds in election process, which experts said were assumptions.

Among those accounts were the president's moves to raise the salary of civil servants, inaugurate infrastructure projects prior to the election, among others.

President Joko Widodo obtained 55.5 percent of votes, or equal to 85,607,362 votes in the presidential election held in April. Prabowo Subianto earned the remaining amount of 44.5 percent, or 68,650,239 of votes.

Based on the MK judgment, the KPU would officially name the president and vice president to govern the country from 2019 to 2024. Enditem

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