We urge the government to immediately prepare a road map for improving the cadre of Papuan civil servants, such as by increasing (the number of) echelon I and echelon II (officers).Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR RI) has urged the government to prepare a road map for enabling the development of Papuan civil servants without delay.
"We urge the government to immediately prepare a road map for improving the cadre of Papuan civil servants, such as by increasing (the number of) echelon I and echelon II (officers)," MPR RI Speaker Bambang Soesatyo said here on Tuesday.
He made the statement after attending a meeting between the MPR RI, Forum for Communication and Aspirations of the MPR RI for Papua (MPR RI For Papua), and the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs at the ministry’s headquarters.
In addition to improving the cadres of Papuan civil servants, Soesatyo said that the MPR has also urged the government to take firm action to handle security issues in Papua.
Furthermore, the MPR has asked the government to intensify the dissemination of information on the implementation of the regional autonomy policy and the Special Autonomy (Otsus) Fund in Papua.
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On the same occasion, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, said that the meeting also discussed the development of Papua following the issuance of Law Number 2 of 2021 concerning Special Autonomy for Papua Province.
“We talked about some short-term issues (in Papua), such as the preparation of government infrastructure, the development of the new autonomous region (DOBs), and the preparation for the general elections in the four DOBs simultaneously with the other (provinces) in 2024,” he informed.
The four DOBs are Central Papua, South Papua, Highland Papua, and Southwest Papua provinces.
The laws for the establishment of the first three new provinces were ratified by the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) on July 25, 2022, while the law for the establishment of the fourth province was passed on November 17, 2022.
The coordinating minister further said that several long-term issues regarding the development of Papua, including education issues, were also discussed at the meeting.
“We have agreed that we will have a more comprehensive meeting in the next two weeks,” he informed.
In addition to Soesatyo and Mahfud, Deputy Speaker of MPR RI, Fadel Muhammad, and chairperson of the MPR For Papua, Yorrys Raweyai, also attended the meeting.
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