Papuans Doubt in Managing the New Province, Lukas Enembe Chooses To Reject DOB

A surprising statement came from the statement of the Governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe regarding the response to the policy of the expansion of the New Autonomous Region (DOB) Papua which is currently being discussed by the DPR. He lightly stated that the plan for the expansion of the new autonomous regions would not benefit the Orang Asli Papua (OAP) because the number of local residents was not equal to the number of migrants who were predicted to arrive after the division decision.

The incumbent governor also claimed that the Papuan people rejected the expansion plan because they did not have sufficient human resources to manage the three new provinces. In addition, he also feels that the Papuan people are not directly involved in the policy plans of the central government.

The Paradox of the Governor Who Doubts His Own People

One of the duties of a governor outside of matters relating to policy is to pay attention to the people he leads. The advancement of human resources and the quality of development in a region are also influenced by the share of a governor. Lukas Enembe's statement and reason for rejecting the DOB simply because he felt that OAP did not have the capability and capacity to manage a new province was like a slap in the face. Especially during his leadership period, which was almost 10 years as the captain for Papua, but seemed unable to lift and make his own people proud.

Whereas in the previous momentum, in front of Papuan local government employees, Lukas Enembe loudly encouraged ASN to require a leader in the development process in Papua who was formed through various trainings and competency development. If drawn more broadly, this can be one of the capital in welcoming the new Papua New Guinea expansion policy in the future.

Collecting Luke Enembe's Promise to Support Papua New Guinea

Back to one of the tasks of the Governor and its relationship with the development of the community he leads. That once again, the issue of regional expansion policy is not a new thing for the Papuan people. This is one form of the central government's attention to efforts to accelerate the development of the Papua region. More specifically, before Lukas Enembe, who currently serves as Governor of Papua for two terms. This issue has emerged in some communities into a study to hope.

In fact, in a study from the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) it is stated that one of the arguments in favor of the expansion of an area is, among other things, the need to overcome the long span of control between the government and the community. A shorter span of control and a more equitable fiscal allocation should serve as the basic capital for improving services in each region, especially for the newly created regions. In this case, Papua Province fulfills the arguments supporting the expansion because its territory is so wide.

However, it seems like you don't want to be left behind by the momentum of the issue, if you don't want to be called use it. In 2013, when Lukas Enembe was campaigning for the governor's candidacy. In front of thousands of people who packed the Sinapuk Square, Wamena, loudly declared that he was the last Governor of Papua. The statement indirectly confirms that he agrees with the division of Papua Province, one of which is the Central Mountains with Wamena as the capital city. In fact, according to several senior Papuan figures, the victory of Lukas Enembe and (the late) Klemen Tinal reached more than 50% because they brought up the issue of the division of provinces in each campaign. A strategy to respond to actual issues as well as to woo, and attract people's expectations.

The issue of regional expansion has actually become ammunition for Lukas Enembe to grab people's attention. He resigned three years before the gubernatorial nomination campaign took place, namely in 2010. At that time he was still serving as chairman of the Association of Regents throughout the Central Highlands of Papua, firmly proposing the formation of a new province. The proposal follows up on the attitude of the central government if it finally does not hear the aspirations of the community to make the central mountainous area an infrastructure area to open up long-standing isolation. At that time, apart from transportation problems, the Central Mountains area was also of great concern despite its very rich natural resources. He said 70% of the 1.2 million indigenous Papuans in the area were categorized as poor.

Lukas also considered that the poor infrastructure in the Central Mountains area was suspected to be due to the discriminatory attitude and omission of the Papua Provincial Government. Although at that time the central government imposed a moratorium on regional expansion, Lukas was sure that the central government would approve the establishment of the Central Mountains province. He hopes that in 2011 the proposal to form a province will be accepted by the central government. Moreover, the requirements for the formation of a province have been met, namely there are already 10 districts and support from 1.2 million people in the area.

Lukas Enembe's Digital Footprint of Support for DOB Policy

As a proverb, what we sow is what we reap, as well as footprints in the digital world. The statement of support for DOB by Luke Enembe which was witnessed by millions of pairs of eyes and ears at that time is still a memory for some people. Chairman of Committee II DPD RI Yorrys Raweyai said that the expansion of new autonomous regions in Papua was a request from the Governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe along with all elements to the central government in 2018. Through the Otsus Plus concept, he came with all the elements, asked for expansion and specifically for Laapago to be immediately expanded. become an infrastructure pilot province.

In its journey, the formation of new autonomous regions in Papua has gone through the dynamics of the political and legal processes which have then been finalised. Government regulations have been signed and Law Number 2 of 2021 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 21 of 2001 concerning Special Autonomy for Papua Province has been issued.

So if at this time Luke Enembe says he refuses, then it becomes a plural confusion because in fact he is still dealing with the same governor but appears with changed attitudes and thoughts. Even the excuse that came out of the governor was very naive. From the mention that the community does not need division to doubt Papua's human resources in managing the new province in the future.

If a governor only doubts the capabilities and resources of the people he leads, then we deserve to also doubt the leadership and capacity of a governor who has led the earth of Cenderawasih for 10 years. Perhaps this condition is one of the reasons why it is difficult for Papua to run forward.

SOURCE: https://time.online/6856-2/