Voting and counting of votes in Papua are hampered

» KPU Paniai refuses to distribute the logistics pilgub in different districts or kampongs

PAPUA – Shooting at Puncak Jaya on polling day , Wednesday (27/6), and several other security incidents resulted in the holding and counting of the 2018 (Pilkada) regional elections in Papua. The General Election Commission (KPU) of Papua also established July 5, 2018 as the last date for collecting the results of the district vote recapitulation.

Papua's commissioner, Musa Sombuk, said his party had not received any results. "The delay is due to several factors such as local conditions in some hard-to-reach districts and security issues," Musa Sombuk told Jayapura on Thursday (28/6).

The last security case was shooting in the Puncak Jaya district. a voting organizer. The spokesman for the Papuan police, High Commissioner Ahmad Mustofa Kamal, said the shooting took place in Torere district of Puncak Jaya, which killed three people

. a district chief or a district chief, "he said. In addition to the deaths of three people, there are still three members of the police who until now have not been known of its existence. Meanwhile, four other officers managed to survive the ambush.

According to Ahmad Mustofa Kamal, members of the police were kidnapped while they were guarding the electoral process in the upper district and were about to return to the Torere district. ambushed and shot. Police are still pursuing a rescue attempt to rescue two missing policemen.

A group of people also fired at a plane carrying dozens of police at Kenyam Airport, Nduga District, Papua, Monday morning (25/6). As a result, on polling day, the local KPU refused to hold a vote. Paniai KPU, Governor of Task Force Papua New Guinea, refused to distribute logistic pilgub to various districts or villages in the district. The Papuan police chief, Inspector General Boy Rafli Amar, added that a group of gunmen had tried to shoot at Kenyam airport.

Difficult terrain

Apart from security concerns, the main obstacle to the election of Papua involving some 3.4 million voters been difficult. One of them is Tolikara. The district has 46 districts and 541 villages. Of these, five districts can only be reached by air transport, plus the absence of telephone networks.

The five districts are Egiam, Dow, Warry, Vienna and Dundu. "If the five districts can only use helicopters because there is no road," said Derwes Yikwa, director of Diskominfo Tolikara. The rest, said Derwes, can be achieved by using four-wheeled vehicles. "He can use a car as the type of Strada or equivalent (berpenggerak four wheels).

If the ordinary car lasts because it has to go up and down the mountain road has not been paved. And, can use the engine too, "he said. The Papua Electoral Commission also established July 5, 2018 as the final date for collecting the results of the summary of the interim vote of each district. "The deadline for district recapitulation to province, July 5, 2018.

On July 6, we are no longer in service due to the termination, probably the new KPU that will recap. days, we can only imagine, "he said. Separately, the head of the Public Relations Division of the Inspector General of Police Headquarters Setyo Wasisto confirmed that two members of the Indonesian National Police had not been found after the KKB attack in the district of Torere, Papua

. We also do not know if both members are still alive or dead, "Setyo said.Setyo explained that the attack occurred during the day the poll was over. Police officers, as well as Torere District Chief Obaja Foraro, used two patrol boats carrying election logistics and voting results in the Torere District

resulting in the death of the Torere District Chief. in a shooting, while two policemen plunged into the river to escape.

Ant / Eko / P-4