Jokowi's Promise Has Not Been Realized, Vice President Ensures That The Construction Of Houses In Malawei Sorong Will Continue In 2025

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin greeted residents in the fishermen's settlement of Malawei, Sorong City, Southwest Papua, Thursday (6/6/2024). BETWEEN/HO-Biro Press Secretariat of the Vice President

SORONG - Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin ensured that the construction of hundreds of houses in the Malawei fishing complex, Sorong City, Southwest Papua will continue until next year.

In 2014 and 2019, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited the settlement. At that time, the President promised 350 habitable houses for the Malawei fishing community. Until 2021, only 40 units have been realized and the condition of these houses has been damaged.

"Therefore, the 310 is in accordance with the government's promise, this will be added. By 2025 it has been planned from the PUPR," said the Vice President giving a press statement after visiting the fishermen's settlements in Sorong City, Southwest Papua, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 6.

The vice president also hopes that in the next government, the development will also continue.

"And we hope that later the new government will also continue," said the Vice President.

In addition, the Vice President also listened to the aspirations of the local community that the houses they live in, namely houses with type 36, do not have a kitchen. For that, they hope that the Vice President can facilitate their needs by changing the houses to be built from type 36 to 45.

"So, now the demand has been enlarged to type 45 and from the planning prepared by the Director General of Housing, that is what will be built. What will come is the type 45. This is part of the government's commitment," said the Vice President.

The vice president also revealed that the condition of the housing unit that was built later would be healthier so that it would allow fishermen to be more productive in working in the future.

"Later it will be healthier and we hope they are more enthusiastic to find fish, so it will be more productive," he said.

Meanwhile, another thing that caught the attention of the Vice President was about environmental cleanliness, where he found piles of garbage in residential areas.

Based on information from the Acting Mayor. Mayor of Sorong Septinus Lobat, the waste produced by the community will be collected regularly and then taken to the final disposal site (TPA).

"I asked the mayor, 'What is the handling like? There is a regular collection and then taken to the TPA," said the Vice President.

The Vice President emphasized the importance of counseling and health checks to continue to be evaluated. He also mentioned that there are still needs of the community that have not been met, which is the responsibility of the central government as well as the construction of hundreds of promised housing units.

Meanwhile, outside of that, such as maintaining and maintaining a place to live that has been facilitated by the central government is the responsibility of the city government.

The Sorong City Government is currently submitting a proposal to the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) regarding the continuation of the housing construction of 350 houses in Malawei fishing settlements according to the President's direction.

Several administrative requirements have been met, such as environmental impact analysis, landed plan, RAB recapitulation, certificate of suitability of the regency/city regional spatial plan, and completeness of the statement letter for prospective recipients of the house that has been submitted through the PUPR Ministry Sibaru application in January 2024.

In May 2024, the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) and the Vice Presidential Secretariat sent a letter to the Minister of PUPR asking the Ministry of PUPR to hasten the realization of the implementation of the acceleration of the construction of 310 special housing units in the Malawei fishing settlement as directed by the President.

This has then been followed up through a meeting of the Director of Special Houses of the Directorate General of Housing with Plh. Deputy for Government Policy Support and National Insight (DKPWK) of the Vice Presidential Secretariat (Setwapres) to immediately prepare a master plan and site for the construction of Malawei fishing houses in the field.

Malawei Village itself has a population of 13,840 people with a high density level. The majority of the residents who live in houses on stilts along the coast are Papuan Indigenous People (OAP) who work as fishermen.