JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, emphasized that Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka would not have an office in Papua.
This affirmation was conveyed to straighten out the news of a number of media that said Gibran would change offices as part of the assignment to accelerate the development of Papua.
"It is impossible for the Vice President to move offices to Papua as reported by several media," said Yusril when confirmed in Jakarta, Antara, Wednesday, July 9.
According to Yusril, the position of the Vice President cannot be separated from the President. Both must remain in the state capital, as stipulated in the 1945 Constitution.
Assignment of Gibran in Papua, said Yusril, relates to his role as Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Acceleration of Special Autonomy Development in Papua, which was formed based on Article 68A of Law Number 2 of 2021 concerning Special Autonomy in Papua.
The special agency, he continued, has the task of synchronizing, harmonizing, evaluating, and coordinating the implementation of special autonomy in Papua. This agency was formed through Presidential Regulation Number 121 of 2022 during the administration of President Joko Widodo.
The body structure consists of the Vice President as chairman, as well as the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas, Minister of Finance, and representatives of each province in Papua as members.
Even so, Yusril emphasized that those who will have an office in Papua are the secretariat and the personnel implementing the agency, not the Vice President directly.
"As Chairman of the Special Agency, if the Vice President and ministers are in Papua, of course they can have temporary office at the secretariat," he explained.
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Thus, said Yusril, the news that said Gibran would move offices to Papua was inappropriate.
"So, the Vice President will not have an office in Papua, let alone move offices to Papua," he said.
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