Longing for Peace to Bloom Again in Yalimo
Some anxiously waited for the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) on the electoral dispute filed by candidate pair Lakius Peyon-Nahum Mabel who ran in the regency election.
Residents who took refuge at the army headquarters in Elelim, Yalimo Regency, Papua, on Thursday (1/7/2021).
Public services were paralyzed and thousands of residents sought refuge following the riots last Tuesday in Elelim district, Yalimo regency, Papua. Yalimo is now almost lifeless.
The situation in Elelim, the capital of Yalimo regency, was filled with quiet tension on Tuesday afternoon. Only a small group of residents were attending to their daily chores in the city, located in the central highlands of Papua. Some anxiously waited for the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) on the electoral dispute filed by candidate pair Lakius Peyon-Nahum Mabel who ran in the regency election.