Prolonged Burden for Sabu Raijua

Improvement of the citizenship data system and revision of the General Election Commission Regulations (PKPU) on candidacy are now urgently needed to ensure this does not happen again.

KOMPAS/DIAN DEWI PURNAMASARI

The elected regent of Sabu Raijua Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Orient P Riwu Kore, answered questions from the panel of judges of the Constitutional Court panel of Suhartoyo during a dispute over the results of the regional elections for Sabu Raijua Regency, Monday (15/3/2021). Orient is present by teleconference.

KUPANG, KOMPAS — Still struggling to recover from Cyclone Seroja, Sabu Raijua regency in East Nusa Tenggara is now faced with another demanding and potentially finance-draining task ahead: it has to hold a reelection for a new regent.

The Constitutional Court (MK) canceled on Thursday (15/4) the election of Orient and Thobias Uly as Sabu Raijua’s regent and deputy regent respectively, because the former was found to hold United States citizenship, and was thus ruled ineligible to become a regency head.