UN praises Indonesia on successful elections

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon praised Indonesia for successfully conducting the recent legislative and presidential elections, a spokesman for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said, reported Antara.

The General Election Commission confirmed Yudhoyono’s re-election in the July 8 presidential poll while his Democratic Party won the most votes in legislative elections held on April 9.

“Yudhoyono and Ban Ki-Moon pledged to continue building on democratic reforms in Indonesia,” said spokesman Dino Patti Djalal.

Yudhoyono’s sweeping victory has given the former general a strong mandate to push ahead with reforms he started after his first presidential election win in 2004.

Yudhoyono and vice-president elect Boediono, a former head of the central bank, are scheduled to be inaugurated on October 20.