Jakarta – Supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto on Monday locked the entrance gate of the General Election Commission (KPU) and called for its commissioners to be jailed.

News portal Tempo.co said that the Prabowo backers accused KPU chairman Husni Kamil Malik of having received Rp 25 billion ($2.1 million) in kickbacks to let Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla win the July 9 presidential election.

"Thank you, KPU, for ousting candidate pair No. 1 [Prabowo and his running mate Hatta Rajasa] by cheating," one of the protesters said, as quoted by Tempo.co. The activists also brought a banner that read: "KPU totally failed because it wasn't neutral."

"The KPU is not professional, so people are upset," Taufik, the head of the Jakarta branch of Prabowo's Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, was quoted as saying by Kompas.com. He also said that the protests would continue until the KPU chairman and other officials were arrested for their crimes.

Protest coordinator Guntur Setiawan demanded an investigation, as the KPU should have been "independent, neutral and professional," Kompas.com reported. The protesters, calling themselves Jakarta People's Council, demanded a recount of votes and shouted slogans like "revolution until victory."

The KPU has announced that Joko and Kalla won the election with 53.15 percent, against 46.85 percent for Prabowo and Hatta, but the latter pair has challenged the official result. The Constitutional Court is expected to rule on the matter on Aug. 22.

Source: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/prabowo-supporters-lock-election-commission-gate/