Pilpres 2014 Diumumkan, Tokoh Agama Minta Masyarakat Terima Keputusan KPU
Indonesian Religious Figures Asks People to Accept 2014 Presidential Race
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Ketua Umum PP Muhammadiyah Din Syamsuddin meminta kepada seluruh rakyat Indonesia untuk menerima hasil pemilu presiden, yang akan diumumkan oleh Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) Pusat hari ini.
"Menyongsong penetapan dan pengumuman KPU tentang Pilpres 2014, besok 22 Juli 2014, kami para tokoh agama di Indonesia menyampaikan seruan kebangsaan," kata Din Syamsuddin di Gedung PP Muhammadiyah, Jakarta, Senin (21/7/2014).
Sementara, pemuka agama Hindu, Nyoman Suwisma menilai masyarakat saat ini sudah pandai untuk menyikapi hasil pemilu presiden.
KPU dijadwalkan mengumumkan hasil Pilpres 2014 hari ini, Selasa.
Pilpres 2014 diikuti dua pasangan capres yakni Prabowo Subianto berpasangan dengan Hatta Rajasa dan Joko Widodo dengan Jusuf Kalla.
Menurut KPU, total suara pemilih mencapai 190.307.134 orang yang terdaftar di DPT termasuk 2.038.711 pemilih di luar negeri) dengan total 486.866 tempat pemungutan suara (TPS).
Jakarta (B2B) - Muhammadiyah as a second largest Muslim organization in Indonesia has appealed to the Indonesian people to welcome the result of presidential election, which will be announced on Tuesday (July 22).
Chairman of Muhammadiyah, Din Syamsuddin stated that the losing side will have to honor the election result, while the winning side should not celebrate excessively. Din also expressed hope that the supporters of the candidates should refrain from entering the office of General Election Commission (KPU) because of dissatisfaction over the result.
Meanwhile, national Hindu figure Nyoman Suwisma had expressed hope that people will be mature enough to accept whatever the result is.
The KPU will announce the official result of presidential election on Tuesday (July 22).
Two pairs of contestants run for presidential bid in the 2014 election--Prabowo Subianto and his vice presidential candidate Hatta Radjasa and Joko Widodo with his running mate Jusuf Kalla.
According to the KPU, a total of 190,307,134 voters have been registered (including 2,038,711 overseas voters), with 486,866 polling stations across the archipelago.
