Solving Problems In Cenderawasih Earth, Legislators Call The Revision Of The Papua Special Autonomy Law Important

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JAKARTA - Member of the Special Committee (Pansus) for Special Autonomy (Otsus) for Papua DPR RI, Junaidi Auly assessed that the revision of the Special Autonomy Law (UU) for Papua province is very important to be discussed immediately.

According to him, the council needs to absorb the aspirations of the people and stakeholders in Papua in order to improve the quality of welfare, life and development for the Papuan people.

"We will listen to developing opinions and formulate inputs from various stakeholders in Papua," said Junaidi, Wednesday, May 5.

For information, he continued, the second amendment to Law Number 21 of 2001 concerning Special Autonomy for Papua Province is urgent because the legal basis for the Papua Special Autonomy Fund (Otsus) will end in 2021 as regulated in Article 34 of Law No. 21 of 2001.

According to this PKS politician, the basic value of the Papua Special Autonomy is the protection of the basic rights of the people to get justice, welfare of land and water within certain limits with the natural resources contained therein.

Junaidi said, there needs to be a comprehensive evaluation regarding the 20 years of the implementation of the Papua Special Autonomy. Apart from the funding side, it is also important to have a deeper discussion.

Among them, related to violations of the rights of indigenous peoples, disappointment of indigenous peoples over forest and land issues, conflicts between communities and companies and the government, utilization of natural resources, and protection of the people and indigenous peoples.

"We hope that the Papua Special Autonomy can be a part of solving problems in Papua and indigenous Papuans in various parts of Indonesia, there will be no more discrimination and human rights violations against Papuans," Junaidi concluded.