With the legal facts, the actions taken by the Acting Regent of Sorong Regency will hinder public policies, the quality of public services and damage the unity and integrity of the community in the ongoing political contestation.

The author assumes that the government is not selective enough in determining the criteria for ASN officials who can be appointed as Acting Regional Heads. One of the duties of the regional head official is to oversee ASN and the bureaucracy so that they continue to work neutrally in the middle of the 2024 election stage process.

The limitation of the Acting Regional Head is only to fill the vacancy of the regional government until the definitive Regional Head is elected. However, the government's weak requirements for prospective Acting Regional Heads can be used as loopholes to be misused.

Therefore, the appointment of prospective Acting Regional Heads as replacements for the end of the definitive Regional Head's term in 2023 must look at their track record or see their relationship with the 2024 political contestation candidates. That way, there will be no more Acting Regional Heads who help or act as voice contributors in any form to win election contestation candidates in the political year in 2024.