0 Papua votes for new governor

At least 2.7 million residents in Papua are expected to vote in the Papuan gubernatorial election on Tuesday. In Merauke, locals began to flock to polling booths early in the morning. The city appears quieter than on ordinary days as most supermarkets and shops are closed. Government offices and schools are also closed. Economic activities seem to have been temporarily suspended. Along Merauke Beach, which is usually busy with traditional fishermen, was also deserted. “We have stop fishing to vote in the gubernatorial election,” Dominikus Samkakai, a resident from Kampung Payum, said as quoted by

kompas.com.
Merauke General Elections Commission (KPUD) head Antonius Kaize said that the number of polling booths in Merauke totaled 404 to serve up to 129,650 eligible voters in line with data from the KPU Papua.

source : the jakarta post