By Ajeng Mufadillah
The 2019 Election voting has been completed. The community is still waiting for certainty who the winner is, whether the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 01 is Jokowi-Maruf or pair 02 Prabowo-Sandi.
The Muhammadiyah Central Executive (PP) requested that all election participants, both citizens, be patient and respect all forms of KPU’s decisions as organizers. PP Muhammadiyah General Secretary Agung Danarto said that all parties should respect the people’s choices and accept election results which would be officially announced by the KPU with a big, knight, hearty, and wise soul.
Agung explained, related to the results, if in the future there are election participants who do not accept the decisions set by the KPU, Agung said, the participants should be able to take legal action according to applicable procedures and rules guaranteed by the constitution.
Muhammadiyah, said Agung, invites all parties to be able to hold back and cool down in order to maintain calm, and be patient in waiting for the results of the official counting by the KPU.
He continued, the public should not be too affected by the number of rapid counts, exit polls, and others presented by the mass media. Quick counts should be respected, but again do not influence and determine the election results.
Meanwhile, the Chairperson of PP Muhammadiyah, Haedar Nashir hoped that the contestants for the presidential and vice-presidential election and the success teams and their supporters should not make speculative and confrontational statements that could make the post-Election situation and national life not conducive.
Muhamadiyah Central Executive (PP) invites all national elites to create conducive conditions and conditions after the 2019 general election. In addition, Muhammadiyah also appealed to the two camps that fought in the Presidential Election to immediately remove the bulkhead and reconciliation for the continuity of the nation. After the 2019 Election that was over, it was hoped that all would be patient, carefully wait for the official results from the KPU and not carry out various kinds of statement speculation and activities that could create non-conduciveness in national life. We as a component of the nation believe that the KPU will announce the results and we believe the KPU will work honestly, fairly, transparently and independently.