1) Human rights violations talk in the meeting of Military Commander and Parliament Chairman

2) Food production is now an issue for Papuan traders in Jayapura City

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1) Human rights violations talk in the meeting of Military Commander and Parliament Chairman

Published 4 hours ago on 24 October 2018 

By pr9c6tr3_juben

Head of Papua House of Representatives  (DPR Papua)Yunus Wonda with Pangdam XVII Cenderawasih, Mayor Jenderal (Mayjen) TNI Yosua Pandit Sembiring – Jubi/Arjuna Pademme

Jayapura, Jubi – Major General Yosua Pandit Sembiring, who recently appointed as the Commander of Regional Military Command XVII Cenderawasih, met Yunus Wonda, the Chairman of Papuan Parliament on Thursday (10/18/2018).

After the meeting where took place in the chairman office, the Commander stated instead of talking about human rights violations they discuss the development in Papua.

“We also didn’t talk about the involvement of military culprits in human rights violations. Even if it was true, I ask for clear information and evidence. We surely cannot rely on rumours, so clear evidence is needed,” he said.

Moreover, he declared his meeting with the chairman was just a friendship meeting and information exchange to improve Papua in the future. “This meeting is solely a gathering to exchange information and experience,” he said.

Furthermore, he said both sides concern about how to make Papua more advanced and how to scale up the capacity of Papuan human resources, including in the field of education.

“From our conversation, I figure out that 100 indigenous Papuans have sent to school outside of Papua. This kind of program needs to be improved because these students can bring Papua to a better direction once they return,” he said.

Similarly, Yunus Wonda said the meeting was just a friendship meeting that not discusses any other matters. “We only talk about general issues, exchange ideas. I only asked him to support us in the upcoming PON 2020 (the National Sports Week Event),” he said. (*)

 

Reporter: Arjuna Pademme

Editor: Pipit Maizier

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2) Food production is now an issue for Papuan traders in Jayapura City

Published 4 hours ago on 24 October 2018 

By pr9c6tr3_juben

                                      Papuans indigenous traders in Youtefa market – Agus Pabika/Jubi

Jayapura, Jubi – Not many indigenous traders in Papua sells their agricultural produce. They mostly buy it from vegetable farmers at Youtefa traditional market before reselling it in other traditional markets in Jayapura City.

“It is approximately 70 per cent of Papuan women traders buy such agricultural produce at Youtefa traditional market,” said the Coordinator of Indigenous Papuan Traders Solidarity (SOLPAP) Frangky Warer on Thursday (10/18/2018) in Jayapura City, Papua.

Every day, the indigenous traders who are mostly women wake up early in the morning. They go to Yotefa traditional market at 3:00 a.m. to buy some produce.

“Then they sell it in different traditional markets until 9:00 a.m. and return home. After that, they come back to sell their goods at the traditional market in the afternoon starting from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. So they only sleep about two to three hours and spend most of their time for trading,” explained Warer.

Furthermore, he said if there are those who sell their agricultural produce, it could be pineapple sellers because of about 90 per cent of indigenous traders in traditional markets in Jayapura City has pineapple fields that located in an area called Angkasa.

“However, they don’t sell the pineapples every day because it relies on the harvesting season,” he said.

This situation clearly shows that Papuans are not producers but distributors of good. “The fact is we Papuans consume more,” he said.

Therefore he suggests that all parties should pay serious attention to this issue, especially the local government. “The government need to provide cultivating lands for Papuans so that we can break the chain of dependence,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Small and Medium Enterprise and Industry Office of Jayapura Municipal Government Robert L. N. Awi similarly said that Papuans currently only involved in selling.  “Surprisingly, they don’t sell their daily food or necessities in the market,” he said.

He pointed out that not many indigenous Papuans now sell the betel nuts and sago in four traditional markets in Jayapura City, namely Yotefa, Hamadi, Tanjung Ria and Entrop traditional markets. “We can count them. Currently, those who sell those things are coming from other Indonesian regions,” he said.

This particular condition then leads the Papuan House of Representative to draft the special regulation on local food security and indigenous Papuan traders in which control the production and distribution of the local food.

“Those who have land must use it for cultivating or give it to others who want to produce. However, they should have a further agreement about profit sharing” said a parliament member John Gobai. (*)

 

Reporter: Benny Mawel

Editor: Pipit Maizier