KPU Chief And Bawaslu Yalimo Choose To Resign From The Second PSU Title

PHOTO VIA ANTARA /Chairman of KPU Yalimo, Papua, Yehemia Walianggen

WAMENA - The Chairperson of the Yalimo KPU, Papua, Yehemia Walianggen and the Chairperson of the Bawaslu Yalimo Habakuk Mabel chose to resign from their positions. Both of them felt they were unable to carry out their duties again as determined by the Constitutional Court (MK) to hold the re-election of the Regent and Deputy Regent of Yalimo for the second time.

KPU chairman Yalimo Yehemia Walianggen said the various stages of the election had been carried out optimally, including the two district PSUs, but all the results were canceled by the Constitutional Court.

"I personally stated that I would not carry out the PSU process (for the second time) in Yalimo again and would tell my leadership at the Provincial KPU and the Indonesian KPU if I were to step down from the position of Chairperson of the Yalimo KPU," he said, quoted by Antara, Monday, July 5.

He believes that if the second PSU is decided to be implemented, it will have a greater impact on the riots in the community.

"If the PSU is forced, it will be very dangerous because it will lead to horizontal conflicts between the people, especially the KPU organizers because they will definitely be disturbed and this process will not run optimally," he said.

The chairman of Bawaslu, Yalimo Habakuk Mabel, admitted that he immediately submitted his resignation from his position because regional conditions did not guarantee his safety as an organizer.

"In principle, the Chairperson of the KPU and Bawaslu Yalimo will not carry out the Constitutional Court's decision for the PSU again and choose to resign because we have made preparations for the December 2020 and PSU elections in May 2021, but because the Constitutional Court's decision is unclear, we cannot force this stage. ," said Habakkuk.

At the election stage for the first regent and the first PSU in the two districts, the organizers faced a difficult situation but tried to make the entire process successful and the Constitutional Court's decision emerged for the PSU to be carried out again.

"Although the Constitutional Court's decision is final and binding, in principle we cannot enforce it because the conditions experienced in the regions are very difficult. We organizers have been severely threatened. We feel yesterday that it was a success but everything was cancelled," continued Habakuk.

He was worried that if the Constitutional Court's decision was implemented, it would not only have an impact such as the destruction or burning of government facilities but could also result in physical violence against the Yalimo community.

"I don't want to monitor this stage (the second PSU) because, based on the decision of the Constitutional Court yesterday, the community spontaneously destroyed and burned local government facilities and no longer caused physical violence to other communities," he said.