Vice President Ma'ruf Amin Gives Instructions To Suharso Monoarfa, Wants To Improve Papua's Welfare

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (DOK. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin will prioritize improving the quality of human resources (HR) and not prioritizing a security approach to accelerate development in Papua and West Papua Provinces.

"The emphasis is on how to improve human resources and people's welfare; secondly, the increase in security is not put forward. So how to actually improve the welfare of the people in Papua. That is the angle the Vice President conveyed to the Head of Bappenas," said spokesman Masduki Baidlowi, quoted by Antara, Friday, November 6. The vice president also coordinates with community and religious leaders in Papua and West Papua regarding the development plan. The vice president also plans to visit Papua after the development work plan is completed.

"There has been coordination between the Vice President and the local government in Papua, even the Vice President has coordinated with civil society there, there are community and religious figures who have been contacted. And the real plan is that the Vice President wants to visit Papua after the program design is finished," Masduki explained. .

Ma'ruf Amin has instructed the Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa to compile a work plan related to the acceleration of development in the two provinces.

"The Vice President has summoned the Head of Bappenas, the Vice President has asked for a work plan along with the time table, targets, and so on. Approximately next week, Insyaallah, there will be an internal coordination meeting on that," he said.

In Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 20 of 2020 concerning the Integrated Coordination Team for the Acceleration of Welfare Development in Papua and West Papua Provinces, President Joko Widodo appointed Vice President Ma'ruf Amin as Chair of the Steering Committee.

The Presidential Decree states that the members of the Steering Committee are the Coordinating Minister (Menko) for Politics, Law and Security, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Home Affairs and the Presidential Chief of Staff.