Jakarta Globe, Rizky Ameliaç Jul 02, 2014
Jakarta.
Former Army general Prabowo Subianto is by far the richest among the four
presidential and vice presidential candidates, with a total of $148 million in
wealth, according to data verified by the Corruption Eradication Commission, or
KPK.
Prabowo’s
wealth largely consists of share ownership in 26 companies totaling Rp 1.52
trillion ($128.4 million) and includes four homes worth Rp 106 billion, eight
vehicles worth Rp 1.4 billion, and artworks and antique items totaling Rp 3
billion.
Prabowo has
amassed a total of Rp 1.67 trillion in local currency and $7.5 million. Prabowo
announced the figures himself at the office of the General Elections Commission
(KPU) in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday.
Coming in
second is vice presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla, the running mate of
Prabowo’s rival, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo. Kalla, a renowned businessman
from Makassar and the vice president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2009, is worth a
total of $40.2 million — less than a third of Prabowo’s wealth.
Kalla’s
wealth is also mostly based in share ownership — in 13 companies, worth nearly
Rp 335 billion in total. He has 51 property units totaling Rp 121.8 billion,
four vehicles worth Rp 525 million, as well as nearly Rp 7 billion in cash.
Prabowo’s running
mate Hatta Rajasa and Joko come in at almost the same figure, but far below
Kalla’s and much less than Prabowo’s.
Hatta has a
total of $2.6 million in wealth, mostly composed of 14 homes totaling Rp 21.7
billion, as well as Rp 4 billion of securities, Rp 2 billion of antique goods
and artworks, and Rp 1.65 billion in jewelry.
Joko, who
ran a furniture business before becoming mayor of the Central Java town of Solo
and, later, governor of Jakarta, is the least wealthy of the candidates. The
majority of his $2.5 million is based in 24 homes totaling Rp 29 billion. Joko
also has 12 vehicles worth Rp 954 million and Rp 488 million in bank accounts.
The two
presidential candidates and their running mates appeared at the KPU office on
Tuesday to publicly announce the KPK-verified figures.
News portal
Tempo.co reported that Prabowo amassed approximately Rp 10.7 billion in wealth
by 2003, and Hatta around Rp 17 billion in 2012.
State-run
news agency Antara, meanwhile, reported Joko’s wealth totaling Rp 18.5 billion
by 2010 and Kalla around Rp 315 billion by 2009.
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