PAPUA DEVELOPMENT MUST CONTINUE

"I am willing to invite the community to support the success of the Otsus Volume II Program, so that people can really take advantage of the existence of Otsus properly, we also thank the TNI/Polri for opening up opportunities for Papuan youths to become members through the Otsus route," he concluded.

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

The Papua Special Autonomy Law as a result of this revision has changed 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.

Member of the DPRD Gerindra Faction Maybrat Regency, Jupri S Kambuaya S.Hut said the existence of Otsus in Papua/West Papua, especially in Maybrat Regency, which has existed so far, has greatly supported development in the community, including many things, the most important of which is that the Special Autonomy budget is prioritized on Education, Health and improving the economy of the lower community / people's economy, so it can be concluded that the Special Autonomy program for OAP (Indigenous Papuans) is very much needed.

"Responding that there are groups who reject the pros and cons is only natural because we are a society, there are many important wishes for groups who refuse, please convey them properly to the local government or to the DPRD, do not provoke other people to be influenced, let alone create a commotion that is not we want together, the Otsus program given by the central government to Papua is for the welfare and progress of development in Papua” he said

SOURCE: https://melanesianinfo.com/pembinaan-papua-must-continue-continued/