1) Four regents declare South Papua without informing the Papuan People’s Assembly

2) VP asks finance minister to consolidate Papua development funds 

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1) Four regents declare South Papua without informing the Papuan People’s Assembly

 June 17, 2021 7:07 pm

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – Papua People’s Assembly (MRP) chairman Timotius Murib said that the four regents who recently declared a new province, the South Papua province, had yet to submit a proposal on the expansion to the MRP.

 

“Yes, we have heard about the formation of the South Papua province. However, they have yet to submit the proposal to the MRP so far,” Murib said on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

He said that regional expansion in Papua must be proposed to the MRP, the Papua Legislative Council, and the Papua governor as stipulated in Law No. 21/2001 on Papua Special Autonomy. A new administration can be formed only with the recommendations and approval of the three institutions.

“If they propose an expansion to the MRP, the MRP will visit these areas to get those aspirations. That’s the mechanism but it’s not happening right now,” said Murib.

 

Murib agreed that expansion of administration would bring the government closer to the people and was beneficial for development. However, he disapproved if the expansion was used as a means to secure a position for the regents who had completed their terms of office.

 

Murib further said that his party was waiting for an official application on the formation of the South Papua province. “Aspirations and declarations are welcome, but it must go through the applicable mechanism,” he said.

 

On Tuesday, four regents, namely the Merauke regent, Asmat regent, Boven Digoel regent, and Mappi regent declared the formation of the South Papua Province. They set up a joint secretariat in Merauke to encourage the formation of the new province.

 

Previously, Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian said that Papua would be divided into six administrative regions namely Southwest Papua, West Papua, Central Papua, Central Mountains, South Papua, and Papua Tabi Saireri. However, the plan is not final and still under deliberation.

The Indonesian government has been imposing a moratorium on regional expansion since 2014. Meanwhile, the Home Affairs Ministry has recorded 314 proposals of regional expansion as of December 2020.

 

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2) VP asks finance minister to consolidate Papua development funds 

 5 hours ago

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has asked Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati to strengthen the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) without delay to accelerate development in Papua province.

Amin had summoned Indrawati to his official residence in Jakarta to discuss the budget, the Vice President's spokesman, Masduki Baidlowi, said here on Thursday.

"Papua development funds are in various ministries or non-ministerial government agencies. That's what we have to consolidate. In the context of the consolidation, the vice president summoned the finance minister," he added.

He said Amin is seeking an immediate start to the development process in Papua and has therefore urged President Joko Widodo to hold a limited meeting to discuss the matter.

"Soon, at the end of June or early July, the vice president has proposed a limited meeting to the president to consolidate and accelerate development in Papua using the funds in the state budget," said Baidlowi.

Amin had earlier summoned the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Polhukam), Mahfud MD, to discuss security conditions in Papua.

During the meeting, he had stressed the need to improve the security situation in Papua so that accelerated development in the region can boost the welfare of the local community.

The vice president also told the minister that the program to improve the welfare of the people in Papua needs to be accelerated without delay. (INE)
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