Jayapura, NU Online
Direct elections in Sorong regency and city in Papua went peacefully Thursday, despite protests in the Aimas and Salawati districts in the regency on Wednesday.
Residents protested after discovering they were not registered to vote. No casualties were reported<>.
"We solved the problem on Wednesday so the elections ran smoothly," Sorong regency's election supervision commission head Gaffar Giling said Thursday.
He said the protesting residents were allowed to vote if they showed identity cards or letters from subdistrict heads confirming their identities.
The elections in Sorong city also ran smoothly, although the commission caught a teenage boy attempting to cast a vote.
"There was a case where we found an underage child casting a vote but the commission quickly decided that his vote invalid," said Supran, the commission's head in Sorong city.
Four pairs of candidates ran in the municipal election. A total of 117,529 voters attended 286 voting booths across the municipality.
The candidates were Jonathan Annes Jumame and Baesara Wael; Edward Kalami and M. Yasin Djamaluddin; Hengky Rumbiak and Harbi; and Dortheis Fred Kambuaya and Edison R Keodoeboen.
In Sorong regency, three pairs of candidates were vying to win votes from 47,419 people casting votes at 180 booths. The three pairs were Stepanus Malak and Tri Budiarto; Marthinus Salamala and Suprapto; and Yosafat Kambu and Wahyono Adi.
Meanwhile, direct elections in Puncak Jaya regency on Wednesday were marred by clash between residents in Turmo hamlet in Fawi district. Three were lightly injured during the incident.
Puncak Jaya Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Jacobus Marjuki said Thursday the residents were upset after finding out a 12-year-old had voted.
"But the problem has been sorted out," he said.
However, 27 of the 181 polling stations across the regency's 16 districts, where 98,810 voters were registered, were closed on polling day.
Jacobus said the polling stations were closed due to security reasons, although he declined to provide details.
"The voters had already been advised to cast their votes in safe areas as agreed with the three pairs of candidates running in the election," Jacobus said.
The candidates were Lukas Enembe and Henock Ibo; Elvis Tabuni and Paul Tabuni; and Elieser Renmaur and Daniel BK Wakerkwa. (tjp/dar)
Direct elections in Sorong regency and city in Papua went peacefully Thursday, despite protests in the Aimas and Salawati districts in the regency on Wednesday.
Residents protested after discovering they were not registered to vote. No casualties were reported<>.
"We solved the problem on Wednesday so the elections ran smoothly," Sorong regency's election supervision commission head Gaffar Giling said Thursday.
He said the protesting residents were allowed to vote if they showed identity cards or letters from subdistrict heads confirming their identities.
The elections in Sorong city also ran smoothly, although the commission caught a teenage boy attempting to cast a vote.
"There was a case where we found an underage child casting a vote but the commission quickly decided that his vote invalid," said Supran, the commission's head in Sorong city.
Four pairs of candidates ran in the municipal election. A total of 117,529 voters attended 286 voting booths across the municipality.
The candidates were Jonathan Annes Jumame and Baesara Wael; Edward Kalami and M. Yasin Djamaluddin; Hengky Rumbiak and Harbi; and Dortheis Fred Kambuaya and Edison R Keodoeboen.
In Sorong regency, three pairs of candidates were vying to win votes from 47,419 people casting votes at 180 booths. The three pairs were Stepanus Malak and Tri Budiarto; Marthinus Salamala and Suprapto; and Yosafat Kambu and Wahyono Adi.
Meanwhile, direct elections in Puncak Jaya regency on Wednesday were marred by clash between residents in Turmo hamlet in Fawi district. Three were lightly injured during the incident.
Puncak Jaya Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Jacobus Marjuki said Thursday the residents were upset after finding out a 12-year-old had voted.
"But the problem has been sorted out," he said.
However, 27 of the 181 polling stations across the regency's 16 districts, where 98,810 voters were registered, were closed on polling day.
Jacobus said the polling stations were closed due to security reasons, although he declined to provide details.
"The voters had already been advised to cast their votes in safe areas as agreed with the three pairs of candidates running in the election," Jacobus said.
The candidates were Lukas Enembe and Henock Ibo; Elvis Tabuni and Paul Tabuni; and Elieser Renmaur and Daniel BK Wakerkwa. (tjp/dar)
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