Jakarta – The restored Papua unique autonomy law is assisting city governments in Papua to fulfill the standard rights of popular law neighborhoods in the province, Jayapura local government’s secretary, Frans Pekey, has said.
” The rights of the traditional law communities need to absolutely be satisfied through a variety of development programs, as specified in the restored Papua special autonomy law,” he told ANTARA in a telephonic interview from Jakarta on Thursday.
The Jayapura city administration and other local governments in Papua might use the law as a legal structure for satisfying the rights of native Papuans as members of traditional law communities, he stated.
As mandated by the law, Papua’s indigenous neighborhoods deserve to get administrative, education, and health services, economy, housing and settlement centers, and social support, Pekey said.
The native Papuans’ popular land ownership right is likewise recognized, he stated, including that the unique autonomy funds would be utilized for establishing the socio-economic, popular, and cultural potential of all areas.
In Jayapura city, there are 10 “ondoafi”, or leaders of tribal neighborhoods from 14 towns, he kept in mind. They are not just recognized by members of traditional law neighborhoods, but likewise by the city’s administration and residents, he stated.
The popular law neighborhoods are considered as among the most crucial pillars and partners for the Jayapura city administration to perform its regional advancement program, he stated.
The Jayapura city federal government is engaging and keeping good communication with the tribal leaders, he added.
Associated news: Papua, West Papua welcome modified unique autonomy law
After several months of deliberations, your house of Representatives (DPR) validated the expense changing the Papua Unique Autonomy Law No.21 of 2001 during a plenary session on July 15, 2021.
The expense accommodates 18 revised chapters and 2 new chapters, according to the head of the House’s Special Committee for Changing the Papua Special Autonomy Law, Komarudin Watubun.
The enacted costs has actually accommodated the requirement to manage the benefits of indigenous Papuans in the political, education, health, labor, and financial sectors, as well as to support customary neighborhoods, he stated.
It provides more space to native Papuans to get associated with politics and in such organizations as the Papuan Individuals’s Assembly (MRP) and Papua legislative councils (DPRK) in districts/cities.
A minimum of 250 seats will now be reserved for native Papuans in district- and city-level Papua legislative councils (DPRK), Watubun divulged. At the very same time, 30 percent of the DPRK seats will be booked for native Papuan women, he included.
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