Implementation Of The Papuan Presidential Instruction Is Evaluated By The Vice President, KSP Provides Input

An evaluation meeting on the Acceleration of Development in Papua and West Papua which was held at the Secretariat of the Vice President and involved the Presidential Staff Office (KSP PR)

JAKARTA - The Presidential Staff Office provided input regarding the quick wins strategy of the Acceleration of Development in Papua and West Papua, which is budgeted at IDR 8.4 trillion.

This was done after Vice President Ma'ruf Amin evaluated this program because it faced challenges related to budgeting and refocusing.

This input was given when a number of KSP staff attended the meeting with the Deputy of PMK and the Equitable Development of the Presidential Secretariat and the Special Staff of the Vice President for Poverty and Regional Autonomy.

"The KSP needs to be more involved in the work of the Vice President, in accordance with its duties to provide support to the President and Vice President," said Deputy IV of KSP, Juri Ardiantoro, as quoted from his written statement, Tuesday, February 16.

He said the quickwins strategy would not be easy to implement. However, if all parties are concerned and work together for Papua, this target can be achieved.

So, he gave input so that the issue of Papua should not only be considered from the implementation aspect but also from the communication strategy aspect.

Apart from the jury, Deputy V of KSP Jaleswari Pramodhawardani who was also present at the meeting said that there needs to be a policy to increase the status of development projects, increase synchronization and accountability in guarding the Papua issue. Because, so far there have been three big problems in Papua. Among them, politics, domestic politics and foreign policy.

"Quickwins programs should not appear top down. It is very important to remember religious figures, traditional community leaders, and women leaders," he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy V KSP Main Expert Theo Litaay considered political communication to be one of the important points in the implementation of the Presidential Instruction. The reason is that the movement pattern in Papua is relatively static, unlike in Java.

Meanwhile, the Vice President's Special Staff for Poverty and Regional Autonomy M Imam Aziz added that the Inpres on Papua is expected to bring changes to Papua. According to him, the issue of civil society participation must be supported by the existing bureaucrats and civil society elites. "For example, churches in Papua must be able to meet churches in Jakarta," said Imam.

Overall, this meeting resulted in a new strategy in the Inpres. Especially about increasing cooperation with stakeholders, managing public communication in an integrated manner, increasing cooperation in creating regional conditions, and strengthening coordination. Apart from that, the approach to customary territories is also important, so this Inpres will really bring change to Papua.

It is known that President Joko Widodo signed the Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 20 of 2020 concerning the Integrated Coordination Team for the Acceleration of Welfare Development in Papua and West Papua Provinces. Through Presidential Instruction No. 9 of 2020, the President appointed Vice President Ma'ruf Amin as Chair of the Steering Committee for the Integrated Welfare Development Coordination Team in West Papua Province.