KOMPAS.com - Registering some Rp 20.75 billion (around US$2 million), the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono-Boediono candidate pair have declared the largest amount of initial campaign funds compared to other candidates, the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced Friday.

The commission revealed that the Megawati Soekarnoputri-Prabowo Subianto pair had declared the second-largest initial campaign fund amount, with some Rp15.5 billion, followed by the Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto ticket with around Rp10 billion.

Auditing candidates’ campaign funds is a legal requirement necessary for candidates to be cleared to run in the July 8 election.

“The commission declares that all candidates have met all of the requirements,” KPU chairman Abdul Hafidz Anshary said Friday.

The candidates were asked to satisfy 32 requirements, including medical checkups, and wealth reviews conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

The KPU also announced vice presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto was the richest among the candidates, while incumbent president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the “poorest”.

Prabowo controls around Rp1.5 trillion and $7.5 million in foreign currency, followed by Jusuf Kalla with Rp314.5 billion and $25,668; Megawati with Rp256.4 billion; Wiranto with Rp81.7 billion and $378,625; Boediono with Rp22 billion and $15.000; and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with Rp6.8 billion and $246,389.