Indonesia\\\'s Prabowo starts election court challenge

Indonesian ex-general Prabowo Subianto angrily claimed widespread cheating cost him victory in the country's presidential election at the start of legal challenge to the results Wednesday, as hundreds of flag-waving supporters staged a rally. In a fiery speech at the Constitutional Court, Prabowo lashed out at the ‘dishonesty and injustice’ of the poll -- which he lost to Joko Widodo -- and compared politics in the world's third-biggest democracy to Stalinist North Korea. Widodo, a former furniture exporter known by his nickname Jokowi, won legions of fans with his down-to-earth style as Jakarta governor and is the country's first leader from outside the political and military elites. Prabowo, a controversial former military figure with roots in the era of dictator Suharto, also declared victory at the July 9 presidential election, but official results two weeks later confirmed Widodo won a decisive victory. However, the ex-general -- who has been seeking the presidency for a decade -- has still refused to accept the results, according to AFP.