translated from Spanish: Six deaths in post-election riots in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia.-After the presidential elections, a series of clashes were if they lived in Jakarta where the Indonesian authorities have controlled the situation in the capital, Jakarta, said Wednesday the president of the country, Joko Widodo, after That six people died in riots of their rival’s followers in last month’s elections. The clashes began on Tuesday night when supporters of the Exgeneral Prabowos were attempting to make their way to the offices of the Electoral Monitoring Agency in the center of the city, and the riots remained since then. More than two dozen vehicles burned as the disgruntled took several neighborhoods in central Jakarta throwing rocks and incendiary bombs at the police, who responded with tear gas, a water cannon and rubber bullets. ” I will work with anyone to advance this country, but I will not tolerate anyone interfering with the security, democratic processes and unity of our beloved nation, “said Widodo flanked by the chief of the army and other senior officials. He refused to accept the result of the elections on 17 April and proclaimed the winner of the elections. The Indonesian Electoral commission said Tuesday that Widodo, a moderate technocrat and the first Indonesian leader outside the Jakarta elite, had been re-elected for a second term with 55.5% of the vote. From a wealthy family connected to the dictator Suharto, he also lost to Widodo in 2014. He has unsuccessfully opted for the presidency four times since Suharto was overthrown in 1998. ” The bottom line is that people who have been in protests and riots for the last 24 hours represent a small minority of Indonesian voters and a small minority of Indonesian Muslims, “said Alexander Arifanto, Indonesian policy expert at the school of International Studies S. Rajaratnam in Singapore. Some social media functions such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp were temporarily restricted to prevent the dissemination of hoaxes and provocative content, said Rudiantara, Minister of Communications and Information technology. Voice and text messaging services would still work, but photos and videos would be blocked or run at low speed. Those killed in the riots were shot or beaten with blunt objects, police chief Tito Karnavian said at a press conference. The authorities investigated the deaths and did not rule out the participation of third parties acting as agitators.
There are attempts to create martyrs, to blame security forces to stoke public discontent

The police said it was organized riots and not a spontaneous protest. Authorities found an ambulance full of stones and some of the dozens of detainees were carrying envelopes with money, said National police spokesman Muhammad Iqbal. Many of the detainees were from out of town, he said.



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