{"id":30454,"date":"2025-08-20T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T03:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suaranewspapua.com\/?p=30454"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T03:38:04","slug":"btm-ck-secure-biak-numfor-mariyo-still-leads-papuas-overall-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/btm-ck-secure-biak-numfor-mariyo-still-leads-papuas-overall-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"BTM\u2013CK Secure Biak Numfor, Mariyo Still Leads Papua\u2019s Overall Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Jayapura \u2014<\/em> Papua\u2019s General Elections Commission (KPU) has officially ratified the results of the repeat election (PSU) in Biak Numfor Regency. Candidate pair number 01, Benhur Tommy Mano \u2013 Constant Karma (BTM\u2013CK), secured victory with 31,889 votes, or 56.06 percent, defeating rival pair number 02, Matius Fakhiri \u2013 Aryoko Rumaropen, who gained 26,223 votes, or 43.94 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, in Papua\u2019s overall tally, Fakhiri\u2013Rumaropen, also known as Mariyo, remain in the lead with 259,817 votes\u2014narrowly ahead by 4,134 votes over BTM\u2013CK, who obtained 255,683 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Papua KPU Chairwoman Diana Simbiak emphasized that the decision is final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday the Papua KPU officially confirmed the Biak Numfor recapitulation in accordance with procedure. These figures are valid and cannot be contested outside the legal process,\u201d she stated during the plenary session on Saturday (Aug. 16), as quoted by <em>jayapurapost.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plenary session was briefly marked by objections from candidate representatives alleging a lack of neutrality in oversight. However, Papua KPU assured that all stages had been conducted according to regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise also came from Otniel Deda, Deputy Chair of the Papua Cerah Coalition in Jayapura City. He supported the firmness of KPU while reminding that the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) must not exceed its authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe appreciate KPU\u2019s commitment to stand firm. But there should be no intervention that undermines the final determination. Democracy must be preserved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the completion of the Biak Numfor recapitulation, Papua\u2019s KPU officially closed the PSU process in eight regencies and one city. The public now awaits the official final results, scheduled to be announced on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. local time in Jayapura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jayapura \u2014 Papua\u2019s General Elections Commission (KPU) has officially ratified the results of the repeat election (PSU) in Biak Numfor Regency. Candidate pair number 01, Benhur Tommy Mano \u2013 Constant Karma (BTM\u2013CK), secured victory with 31,889 votes, or 56.06 percent, defeating rival pair number 02, Matius Fakhiri \u2013 Aryoko Rumaropen, who gained 26,223 votes, or<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6854],"tags":[7826,7827],"class_list":["post-30454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headline-news","tag-btm-ck-secure-biak-numfor","tag-mariyo-still-leads-papuas-overall-vote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30455,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30454\/revisions\/30455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}