Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The General Election Commission (KPU) has officially announced the results of the 2024 election vote recapitulation which was won by the Prabowo Subianto – Gibran Rakabuming Raka pair.
Responding to these results, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry also congratulated Prabowo-Gibran. While giving a message regarding efforts to develop the Indonesian economy.
Acting General Chair of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yukki Nugrahawan Hanafi, said that businessmen appreciated the holding of safe and peaceful presidential and legislative elections. On the other hand, he hopes that all parties will maintain a conducive and safe situation, embracing each other in a spirit of unity.
“As a representative organization of the business world and a strategic partner of the government, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry also congratulates the elected President and Vice President Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka,” Yukki told CNBC Indonesia, Thursday (21/3/2024).
Yukki said that the KPU's official determination of the election results would be a formal guide for the business world to carry out business expansion calculations. He said, the business world always emphasizes its focus on political stability as a basis for economic growth and business activity.
“We hope that the leadership transition process will also be conducive until October, thereby providing confidence for the business and industrial world as well as investment,” he said.
As for the continuation of the government transition later, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry highlighted efforts to achieve the vision of a Golden Indonesia 2045, which places Indonesia as a developed country by 2045. And getting out of the middle-income trap is the government's priority.
“To achieve this vision, we see that the government needs to encourage the contribution of strategic sectors, such as food security and health, digitalization and technology-based manufacturing, increasing access to education for superior quality human resources, as well as encouraging a sustainable development transition,” he said .
In line with that, Yukki said that his party would always encourage the government to always provide support solutions that encourage the business world.
This includes increasing ease of doing business, preparing superior human resources with high productivity, using superior technology, and encouraging higher exports in sectors that provide value-added output and have the potential to encourage economic growth, such as strategic mineral downstreaming and the transition to new and renewable energy, including Electric Vehicles. .
Meanwhile, Deputy General Chairperson for Regional Autonomy Development at the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sarman Simanjorang, added that to achieve the vision of a Golden Indonesia 2045, of course it is necessary to optimize the potential that Indonesia has.
Including the potential for a productive workforce of up to 187 million workers, a large market with a population of 275 million, and a wealth of Natural Resources (SDA) which can also be a motor for development.
For information, in the announcement of the 2024 election results, the KPU noted that the Prabowo-Gibran pair obtained 96,214,691 votes or 58.58% in the 2024 presidential election. The Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair received 40,971,906 votes or 24.95% of the valid votes. Meanwhile, the Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD pair collected 27,050,878 votes or 16.47% of the valid votes. Prabowo-Gibran was recorded as winning in 36 provinces, while Anies-Muhaimin won in 2 provinces. Pair number 3 Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD was unable to excel in any province.
Thus, according to the rules, Prabowo-Gibran won the 2024 presidential election in 1 round. For the record, the number of valid votes in the 2024 presidential election recapitulation is 164,270,475.
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