Timika – Mimika Resort Police Chief, AKBP. When met in his office on Jalan Cenderawasih Timika, Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province, I Komang Budiartha said that in general the city of Timika was safe and conducive. The vote counting was still in process.
The delay was due to the fact that the method of entering data into the SIREKAP application was still problematic, meanwhile the regional election logistics, namely ballot boxes from 18 districts in Mimika Regency, there was still one district that had not been taken, namely Hoeya District.
In the Hoeya district, ballot boxes have not yet been able to be collected by third parties, due to the security situation, for this reason the police have coordinated with the KPU, based on instructions from the KPU, they will write to the Commander of the Joint Regional Defense Command (Kogabwilhan) III requesting backup and hely assistance to carry out the implementation. secure the area, if it is safe then a third party will take the ballot box.
“The third party who will take the regional election logistics for ballot boxes in Hoeya, has not yet been able to go to Hoeya district due to security factors,” explained Komang Budiartha.
Komang appealed to the three pairs of candidates for regent and deputy regent, volunteers, sympathizers and supporters not to carry out additional activities that could disrupt public order, the main thing is the normal running of the economy and general community activities.
“Don’t let the excessive activities of volunteers for the three pairs of candidates for regent and deputy regent have an impact on disrupting the functioning of society in general, so we will not hesitate to take action in accordance with applicable legal regulations,” stressed the Mimika Police Chief.
