Jayapura – Papua Regional Police Chief Inspector General Patrige Renwarin is collaborating with religious and community leaders to realize peaceful regional head elections (pilkada) in the Land of Papua.
Through these figures, the Papua Police Chief hopes that messages related to peaceful regional elections can reach the community and become reality.
“The Papua Regional Police’s legal territory covers four provinces, three of which are new autonomous regions with 29 districts/cities,” said Patrige Renwarin in Jayapura, as quoted by Antara, Saturday (5/10/2024) evening.
Patrige hopes that the involvement of these figures can help realize peaceful regional elections, having previously held joint interfaith prayers.
Apart from collaborating with figures, his party also held Operation Mantap Praja by alerting members of the National Police, both those serving in the Papua Regional Police and in the police stations to secure the stages of the 2024 Regional Election.
Renwarin said that his party had deployed 10,417 personnel in the jurisdiction of the Papua Regional Police to secure the regional elections which have now entered the campaign stage.
When asked about the security and social security situation in the jurisdiction of the Papua Regional Police, Renwarin emphasized that currently it is relatively conducive even though in several areas there are disturbances to social security, such as in Wamena, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua Mountains.
“Overall the security and social security situation is relatively safe and under control,” he said.
