Dualism Ends, Papua Regional Secretary Inaugurated By Minister Of Home Affairs Tito Will Start Work Next Monday

Minister of Police Mahfud MD (Angga Nugraha/VOi)

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said the dualism polemic that occurred as a result of the two Papuan Secretaries being appointed had ended.

The Papua Regional Secretary who was inaugurated by the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian, Dance Yulian Flassy will effectively carry out its duties on Monday, March 8.

"Pak Dance will be the regional secretary, effective starting Monday, March 8, according to the presidential decree and the inauguration that has been carried out by the Minister of Home Affairs. It should have started today but because it is a holiday, it will be Monday. So later the school will be Pak Dance," Mahfud said as quoted from the video statement. to reporters, Friday, March 5.

This dualism ended after the central government sent the Director General of Regional Autonomy of the Ministry of Home Affairs Akmal Malik to Papua to bring together related parties there, such as Papua Governor Lukas Enembe, Acting Sekda who was appointed by the Governor of Papua Hery Dosinaen, and Acting Sekda Papua who was appointed by the Minister of Home Affairs, Dance Yulian Flassy.

From that meeting, there was an agreement that Dance would become the Papua Regional Secretary while Dosinaen would continue to complete his unfinished work until Saturday, March 13.

"Thus, political stability and governance in Papua, God willing, can be normal," said Mahfud.

As previously reported, two Papua Regional Secretaries were appointed on the same day by different officials. Deputy Governor (Deputy Governor) of Papua Klemen Tinal emphasized that the inauguration of the regional secretary was aimed at filling vacancies in accordance with applicable regulations.

"From the direction of the Governor of Papua, the official was appointed. The decree is in place, because there should not be a vacancy in the government. We do not know what happened in Jakarta and have not followed suit. But what has happened here is legal," Klemen said in Jayapura after. inaugurating Doren Wakerkwa as Acting Regional Secretary for Papua quoted by Antara, Monday, March 1.

According to Klemen, Papua has Special Autonomy Law Number 21 which is a special or "lex specialis" regional authority.

"So we urge all parties to respect this, the reason is, this is sometimes forgotten a lot," he said.

Meanwhile, in a separate location, the Minister of Home Affairs, Tito Karnavian, appointed Dance Yulian Flassy as the definitive Regional Secretary of Papua based on Presidential Decree (Keppres) 159 / TPA / 2020 concerning the Appointment of High Level Executive Officers in the Papua Provincial Government.

Head of the Information Center of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kapuspen Kemendagri) Benny Irwan confirmed that the definitive regional secretary was inaugurated in Jakarta.

"We already know about it, but are still waiting for an official report," he said after being asked for information regarding the inauguration of the Papua Provincial Secretary in Jayapura.