BAKARO FEMALE LEADERS: WE FULLY SUPPORT OTSUS

The DPR RI has ratified the second revision of Law Number 21 of 2001 concerning Special Autonomy for Papua on July 15, 2021.

The revised Papua Special Autonomy Law has amended or revised 18 articles consisting of 3 articles proposed by the government, and 15 articles outside the government's proposal. Apart from these 18 articles, the Special Committee and the government also agreed on the addition of 2 articles in the Papua Special Autonomy Bill, bringing the total articles in the bill to 20 articles.

There are several changes to the articles resulting from the second revision of the Special Autonomy Law that accommodate specific arrangements for Papuan Indigenous People (OAP) in the fields of politics, education, health, employment and the economy as well as providing support for the development of indigenous peoples.

There has been a change in the political field with the expansion of political roles for OAP in membership in the Regency/City House of Representatives. So the seats of the OAP were not filled from political parties, and affirmed 30 percent of the women's element.

The fields of education and health are changing. In addition, in the field of employment and the economy, there have been changes where in carrying out economic efforts in Papua, it is mandatory to prioritize Papuan Papuans who meet the educational requirements to be recruited into the workforce.

It was also conveyed that there was an increase in spending on assistance for the empowerment of indigenous peoples and special autonomy funds, which increased by 0.25 percent. Including the division of the province in Papua which has been given facilities.

The female figure of Bakaro, Bety Adadikam said that the implementation of Otsus which has been running for 20 years has provided great benefits for the development of development in Prov. West Papua, especially in the fields of education, health and the economy, however, he believes that there are still misappropriations and misuse of Otsus funds by Government Officials in the Regions.

He hopes that with the ratification of Otsus Volume II in the future, the implementation of Otsus can run according to the wishes of the community and all the shortcomings that existed in the previous Otsus implementation can be corrected so that the benefits of Otsus are felt by all Papuan people down to the lower classes. In addition, it is hoped that the government can establish a special agency tasked with overseeing all management and distribution of Otsus funds so that there will be no more misappropriation and misuse of Otsus funds for the personal interests of officials, because Otsus funds are present for all Papuan people without exception.

He also invited the public to continue to support the Government's policies in accelerating development in all fields.

"Let's support good things to build Papua," he concluded.

SOURCE: https://melanesianinfo.com/character-perempuan-bakaro-kami-support-Full-otsus/