Otsus Successfully Builds West Papua

West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan said the special autonomy policies and programs launched by the central government for the Land of Papua were quite successful.
 
"Special autonomy has been quite successful in developing Papua, both in the education, health and infrastructure development sectors," said Dominggus.

In the field of education, said Dominggus, quite a lot of Papuan sons and daughters who go to school and study are funded through special autonomy funds (autonomy), both at home and abroad. Meanwhile in the health sector, the special autonomy fund is beneficial for improving services both in cities and in remote and remote areas.

Through the special autonomy fund, he continued, the local government will build road infrastructure, bridges, and other facilities and infrastructure, including empowerment programs for indigenous Papuans.
 
However, according to the head of the Arfak tribe, there needs to be an evaluation so that the program and utilization of the special autonomy fund in this area is more optimal.

"The weakness of the government, especially the regions, is that maybe we don't have enough exposure to various media about development programs or activities carried out through the special autonomy fund, so that not many people know about the use of this special autonomy fund," said Dominggus.
 
He also invited the public to support the second volume of the special autonomy program which will be continued in 2022. West Papua still needs special autonomy policies to accelerate development in various sectors.
 
"Currently there are still a lot of our children and younger siblings who are studying in various universities abroad and in several regions in Indonesia. They are financed through special autonomy funds, let's support them," he said.
 
The special autonomy program for Papua will end in 2021. The regional government is currently pushing regulations on the sustainability of the special autonomy program in 2022 and beyond.
 
Dominggus hopes that the central government will give greater authority to the regions in managing human resources (HR) and natural resources (SDA).

Source: https://www.medcom.id/nasional/daerah/0KvX55rb-otsus-dinilai-berhasil-membangun-papua-barat