Legislative Council of DPR Approves Bill on South Papua Province, Central Papua Province and Central Highlands Papua Province

The Legislative Body (Baleg) of the DPR approved the Draft Law (RUU) regarding the Province of South Papua, Central Papua Province and the Province of Papua Central Mountains.

This happened in the plenary meeting of decision-making on the results of the harmonization of the Bill on the Province in Papua which was held at the Baleg DPR, Wednesday (6/4/2022).

"After we listened to the opinions of all factions and agreed. Can the results of the harmonization of the Bill on the Provinces of South Papua, Central Papua and Papua Central Mountains be approved?" asked Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council of the DPR Achmad Baidowi in a meeting.

"Agreed," answered the trial participants.
 
After the decision was made, Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the DPR Syamsurizal expressed his gratitude for all parties who assisted in the passage of the bill on the three Papua provinces.

It is known that Commission II is the proponent of the bill on the Papua Province.

Syamsurizal hopes that the bill on Papua Province can have a good impact on people's lives in Papua.

"Hopefully this will be our act of worship and our service to the nation and state, especially to our nation or tribe in Papua. Hopefully they can live together side by side with all of us in Indonesia," said Syamsurizal.
 
As for the plenary meeting, all factions in Baleg agreed to the bill on the three provinces.

One of them was the PDI-P faction which was read by DPR member Selly Andrianygantina. He said his faction agreed to the bill on the three Papua provinces.

However, the PDI-P faction continued to provide a number of notes on the implementation of the bill when it was later passed into law.

"The PDI-P faction is of the view that the content of the Bill on the Province of South Papua, Central Papua and Papua Provinces of the Central Mountains should remain within the implementation corridor in Article 18 paragraph 1 of the 1945 Constitution with reference to the material content of the Law on Special Autonomy for Papua which was discussed at the meeting. -meeting before," said Selly.

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In addition, the PDI-P faction also emphasized that the division of the three provinces in Papua needs to pay attention to the aspirations of the Papuan people.

The aspirations are needed to accelerate equitable development, improve public services and public welfare and raise the dignity of the Papuan people.

"Regarding the results of the discussion of the bill on the Papua Province, the PDI-P faction of the DPR RI has expressed their approval of the bill on the South Papua Province, Central Papua Province and Central Highlands Papua Province to be discussed at the next level," said Selly.

The following is the coverage area in South Papua Province, Central Papua Province and Central Highlands Papua Province approved by the Legislative Council of the DPR:

1. South Papua (Ha Anim): the capital city of Merauke
- Merauke Regency
- Mappi County
- Asmat Kabupaten Regency
- District of Boven Digoel

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2. Central Papua (Meepago): the capital city of Timika, Mimika Regency
- Paniai District
- Mimika County
- Dogiyai County
- Deyiai County
- Intan Jaya Regency
- Puncak District

3. Central Highlands Papua Province (Lapago): the capital city of Wamena, Jayawijaya Regency
- Puncak Jaya Regency
- Jayawijaya Regency
- Lanny Jaya Regency
- Central Mamberamo Regency
- Nduga Regency
- Tolikara Regency
- Yahukimo . County
- Yalimo Kabupaten County

SOURCE: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2022/04/06/21150441/baleg-dpr-setujui-ruu-about-provinsi-papua-selatan-provinsi-papua-tengah?page=all