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ABSTRACT
FRANS AMNAN, THE ROLE OF CHIEFTAIN ON PREVENTING THE
EMERGGENCE OF ELECTORAL CONFLICTS
2017 IN THE BINTUNI BAY DISTRICT ( Case Study The
Noken System in The regent elections in 2017 in the
northhern moskona District) Faculty of Social and
Political Sciences Syiah Kuala Univeristy. (Ubaidulla,
M.A) (xii.62), pp., bibl., app.
The election by using uncommon procedure called Noken system was originally born in
the Papua Mountains. It is one of the cultural masterpieces of the indigenous and local
wisdom in Papua. When a momentum of public elections come to Papua Highlands, the
local people in Papua used Noken system which is regarded as an equal election system
as in the general election in which election boxes are provided for the voters. The Noken
system is an electoral system in which the voters use a Noken hanging up in one of the
wood and is used as a substitute for the ballot or election box. Although the technical and
election procedures of the Noken system is different from the procedures in general
election management, but the indigenous peoples still hold their elections by empolying
such system. They believe that this system is a fair and honest procedure because it is the
result of a collective deliberation. The objective of this study was to know the application
of election of noken system in Papua Especially in northMoskona district of bintuni bay
Regency. The overall subjects of this were 8 people, namely Tribal Chief, members of
Chiefs, PPD north moskona, Head of Villages and Community of moskona District. The
data collection techniques used to collect the data include (a) In-depth interviews; and (b)
Observation. this research employed technical qualitativQe data analysis. To test the
validity of the obtained data, the writer used triangulation techniques to the source of the
data. Based on the results of observation, it showed that the application of Noken
electoral administration system in District north moskona was performed in two ways i.e.
by hanging humans and large Noken. The Bigman system was done by submitting all the
votes to traditional leaders or heads while hanging out or Noken with suspension system
in which people come by themselves to the polls, see and insert ballots for party bags that
have previously been agreed. Both of these fair systems benefit them according to the
beliefs and customs of the local people who live in the Lanny Jaya Regency in Papua.
Keywords: Role, Tribal Chief, Election with Noken System

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