The losing candidate in Indonesia’s contested Presidential Election, former general Prabowo Subianto, is acknowledging the final ruling from the country’s constitutional court.  That clears the way for Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo to take over as Indonesia’s next head of state.

The official tally of the July presidential election showed that Joko “Jokowi” Widodo won with 53.15 percent of the vote.  But Prabowo refused to concede, claimed the election was rife with vote fraud, and lodged an appeal with the Constitutional Court. 

Before the decision was announced, Prabowo’s supporters scuffled with police outside the court, and cops had to fire tear gas when the verdict went against the unruly mob.  After the decision, Prabowo’s campaign team acknowledged the ruling, but claimed it was unjust, and hinted at yet another legal challenge at the country’s Supreme Court. 

But even some allies had to admit that Prabowo’s case was flimsy.  One witness even recanted on the stand, admitting his allegations of vote fraud was not based on first-hand knowledge but rather something he read in a newspaper.

That leaves Jokowi preparing for his inauguration in October.  The man who left his furniture business to enter politics less than a decade will have to build a political cabinet; unite different parliamentary factions; and get to work on an economy that’s just posted its slowest second quarter growth in five years.