Journal of Home Affairs Governance ARTICLE Measuring the Urgency of Asymmetric Local Elections (Pilkada) in Papua Agus Fatoni ✉ Research and Development Agency, Ministry of Home Affairs, Republic of Indonesia Jln. Kramat Raya No. 132, Central Jakarta, Indonesia ✉
[email protected] � OPEN ACCESS Abstract: The local elections (Pilkada) had been implemented since 2005 in Papua, Citation: Fatoni, A. (2020). Measuring the are deemed incapable of resolving problems. On the other hand, the direct local Urgency of Asymmetric Local Elections (Pilkada) in Papua.Jurnal Bina Praja, 12(2), elections' political costs are not small, both from the state's budget and from the 273–286.https://doi.org/10.21787/ candidates to the regions. Implementing direct local elections sometimes creates jbp.12.2020.273-286 ineffective governance, especially in areas that do not yet have a mature democracy. The ongoing local democratic system is also often colored by conflict. This research Received: October 13, 2020 focuses on the urgency of the asymmetric regional election in Papua. This research Accepted: November 22, 2020 will explain how important asymmetric local elections (Pilkada) is applied in Papua. Published: December 16, 2020 Moreover, this study uses a library method and a qualitative approach. The results of this study found several reasons for direct local elections, not yet satisfactory results. © The Author(s) Democratization in Papua is still not well consolidated. This research concludes that the warning to hold asymmetric local elections in Papua needs to be considered. This work is licensed under a Creative However, these choices are not final—contemporary decisions in preparing Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- communities' political and social structures.