Jayawijaya To Be The Capital Of Mountainous Papua Province, DPRD Asks Residents To Accept DOB

Chairman of the DPRD Jayawijaya Regency, Matias Tabuni. ANTARA/Marius F Yewu/ANTARA PHOTOS

WAMENA - The Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) of Jayawijaya Regency, Papua, invites residents to accept the new autonomous regions (DOB) of the province.

The chairman of the Jayawijaya DPRD, Matias Tabuni, said that the new autonomous region had been decided so that the people had to accept it. There are three new provinces that have been ratified as new autonomous regions, namely South Papua Province, Central Highlands Papua Province, and Central Papua Province.

"As for the new autonomous region, it's not our authority in the regions, it's the central government's decision, so whatever the central government's decision is, whether we like it or not, like it or not, we're just going to do it," he said as quoted by Antara, Friday, July 1.

He also invited residents to openly accept Jayawijaya as the capital of Papua Mountains Province. "This includes making Jayawijaya the capital city. We hope that the people, whatever the government's decision, we will follow," he said.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Wamena Birth Large Association, Samuel Pigai, invited community elements not to sell land after the district was declared a new autonomous region.

"I invite all elements of society not to sell land, except to the government for the sake of development. There must also be regulations that are regulated or an agreement. If necessary, the land is not sold but contracted to the government so that we are not excluded from our own land," he said. .

The DOB, he said, would have an impact on the entry of residents from other regencies and would not rule out the possibility of bringing either good or bad influence, so that the people of Jayawijaya must keep themselves safe so that they are not provoked by bad influences.

"For younger students who are studying, take advantage of the available time so that once they finish school, they can rebuild their country because human resources are very minimal, for example in several important fields such as health," he said.