{"id":30851,"date":"2025-08-28T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suaranewspapua.com\/?p=30851"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:11:01","slug":"papua-peoples-assembly-no-such-thing-as-a-type-x-governor-hoax-spreaders-face-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/papua-peoples-assembly-no-such-thing-as-a-type-x-governor-hoax-spreaders-face-legal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Papua People\u2019s Assembly: \u201cNo Such Thing as a Type X Governor\u201d \u2014 Hoax Spreaders Face Legal Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jayapura<\/strong> \u2013 The Papua gubernatorial election re-vote (<em>PSU<\/em>), held on August 6, 2025, proceeded safely and smoothly, culminating in the announcement on August 22 that the O2 candidate pair, <strong>Mari Yo<\/strong>, had won the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, rival candidate pair <strong>BTM\u2013CK (O1)<\/strong> has refused to accept the result and filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court (<em>MK<\/em>). Meanwhile, misinformation has begun circulating on social media, including a hoax labeling the winning candidate as a so-called \u201cType X Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chair of the Papua People\u2019s Assembly (<em>MRP<\/em>) Special Committee on Regional Elections, <strong>Izaak R. Hikoyabi<\/strong>, condemned the smear campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not political criticism \u2014 it is a personal attack. I want to be clear: such justification cannot be tolerated,\u201d Hikoyabi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He urged supporters and campaign teams not to use narratives that target individuals, stressing that such acts may violate Indonesia\u2019s Information and Electronic Transactions Law (<em>UU ITE<\/em>) and fall under defamation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no such thing as a \u2018Type X Governor.\u2019 If anyone has evidence of wrongdoing, pursue it through legal channels. But stop using that label, because it is clearly character assassination,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hikoyabi confirmed that the MRP, together with governor-elect <strong>Matius Fhakiri<\/strong> and deputy governor-elect <strong>Aryoko Rumaropen<\/strong>, will report the issue to law enforcement. \u201cWe will trace who is spreading these provocative narratives on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and other platforms. This cannot be left unchecked,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also rejected claims that Papua\u2019s democracy is collapsing. \u201cIf democracy had truly died, the re-vote would not have been carried out so peacefully. Don\u2019t believe narratives saying Papua\u2019s democracy is over. In reality, all election stages were conducted safely and successfully,\u201d Hikoyabi explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MRP called on the public to await the Constitutional Court\u2019s ruling calmly and avoid fueling new unrest. \u201cLet us support the upcoming decision. Don\u2019t be easily provoked by misleading issues. Continue your daily activities and keep Papua safe,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jayapura \u2013 The Papua gubernatorial election re-vote (PSU), held on August 6, 2025, proceeded safely and smoothly, culminating in the announcement on August 22 that the O2 candidate pair, Mari Yo, had won the contest. However, rival candidate pair BTM\u2013CK (O1) has refused to accept the result and filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6854],"tags":[7943],"class_list":["post-30851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headline-news","tag-papua-peoples-assembly-no-such-thing-as-a-type-x-governor-hoax-spreaders-face-legal-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30851","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=30851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30852,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30851\/revisions\/30852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suaranewspapua.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}