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Papua governor-elect waits for inauguration
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 06/07/2006 2:34 PM
JAYAPURA, Papua: Governor-elect Barnabas Suebu and his running mate Alex Hasegem are waiting to be inaugurated after being declared the winners of the Papua gubernatorial election.
The pair were announced as the winners of the election during a plenary session of the Papua General Elections Commission on May 31. The results of the election have been forwarded to the Home Ministry, which must confirm them.
However, members of the Defenders of Justice and Democracy for the People of Papua Forum staged a protest Monday, urging the Papua Legislative Council to ignore the results of the election commission's plenary session.
The protesters said the Supreme Court had yet to rule on complaints of election fraud during the vote for governor, and no winners could be declared until there was a court ruling.
Up to 45 members of the forum met with elections commission chairman John Ibo, deputy chairman Yop Kogoya and the secretary to the gubernatorial election special committee, Danang Jaya, in Jayapura on Monday.
John Ibo promised to hold a plenary meeting to discuss the forum's complaints. -- JP
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