IPAC Report: Election Credibility in Papua Requires Ending “Noken”
Picture: Voting in Wamena, Highland Papua, February 2024.
The latest report published by NYSEAN Partner Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) reveals widespread electoral irregularities in Papua’s three most populous provinces. IPAC argues that Jakarta’s continued acceptance of noken voting, and its indifference toward the fraud it engenders, reflects a pattern of treating Papua as a region where lower standards can be applied and political rights can be flouted with impunity.
