MRP is expected to fight for OAP's basic rights within the framework of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia

A number of members of the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) held a second recess, in 2021. The recess was carried out in the context of socializing and netting aspirations related to the Protection of Human Rights (HAM), Affirmations and Second Amendments to the Papua Special Autonomy Bill, as well as the latest conditions in Papua.

“According to the institution's mandate, I did a second recess during the second trial. I have also held several meetings and today is the last in a series of recesses that I carried out in Jayapura Regency," said Dorlince Mehue to reporters after the meeting, Thursday (8/7).

The recess was attended by a number of figures, ranging from religious leaders, traditional leaders, women's leaders and youth leaders.

He continued, the recess was held in the form of socialization and aspiration nets related to the protection of Human Rights (HAM), Affirmations and Second Amendments to the Papua Special Autonomy Bill and the latest conditions in Papua.

Many inputs from leaders and leaders of community organizations. They feel that what MRP has done so far needs improvement. On the one hand, he said, his party is still trying to provide the best service to all indigenous Papuans and also all Indonesian people living on Papuan land. From the results of these discussions and aspiration nets, there are a number of important points that were made through the establishment of the United Indonesia Forum in Papua.

He continued, whatever was conveyed by the socialization participants, in this case the figures and leaders of community organizations, how the state could make Papua an Indonesian and Papuans could feel how they felt part of Indonesia.

As for the statement of attitude,

The MRP and MRPB lawsuits to the Constitutional Court (MK) of the Republic of Indonesia regarding the revision of the Special Autonomy Law Number 21 of 2001 have no legal standing or are not in accordance with the mechanism, because they did not go through a plenary meeting process involving all members of the MRP. Second, the MRP is a cultural institution that comes from the representatives of each institution, namely traditional leaders, religious leaders and women's leaders, so that the MRP's identity is to fight for the issue of the basic rights of the Indigenous Papuans (OAP) within the framework of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, not fighting for the interests of the indigenous people of Papua. certain politics.

Third, ask the state audit agency in this case the Papua Inspectorate, BPK, KPK, Polri and the Attorney General's Office to immediately conduct an audit of the budget used by the working team on the main ideas of the Papua Special Autonomy Bill.

"We from the United Indonesia Forum ask the Ministry of Home Affairs to evaluate and also provide guidance to the MRP," reads the statement.

SOURCE: https://www.ceposonline.com/2021/07/10/mrp-diharap-perjuangkan-hak-dasar-oap-dalam-frame-nkri/