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Five elections commission members dismissed in Papua
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A resident looks at sample ballot papers displayed during a regional election simulation event in Sorong, West Papua, on Nov. 12. (Antara/Olha Mulalinda)
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everal chairpersons and members of general elections commissions in Papua have been dismissed for approving regional leader candidates from an Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI) camp that is in dispute.
The Election Organization Ethics Council (DKPP) dismissed Jayapura General Elections Commission (KPU Jayapura) chairman Yermias Numberi and KPU Dogiyai chairman Matias Butu on Friday for approving Jayapura mayoral candidate pair Boy Markus Dawir and Nur Alam as well as Dogiyai regent candidate pair Apidus Mote and Freddy Annu “without factual and thorough verification”.
The endorsements for the two pairs were signed by PKPI chairman Isran Noor and secretary-general Takudaeng Parawansa, whose “leadership is not acknowledged by the Law and Human Rights Ministry, thus the party’s endorsements [for the pairs] is unlawful”, KPU Papua commissioner Tarwinto told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
The DKPP hearing in Jakarta also dismissed KPU Jayapura members Yusuf H. Sraun and Regina A. Yaung as well as Jayapura Elections Supervisory Committee chairman Soleman Clinton for supporting the decision, Tarwinto said.
Tarwinto said that with the ruling, the Benhur Tommy Mano-Rustan Saru pair automatically became the sole Jayapura mayoral ticket ahead of the Feb. 15 election. In Dogiyai regency, four candidate pairs remain in contention, namely Fransiscus Tebay-Benediktus Kotouki (independents), Markus Wayne-Antian Goo (endorsed by the Hanura Party), Yakobus Dumapa-Oskar Makay (supported by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, Gerindra Party and National Awakening Party) and Anton Yowau-Yanwarius (from the Prosperous Justice Party).
