"Based on reports from all the regional heads throughout Papua, the formation of the Red and White cooperatives has reached 70 percent," he said after a launch and dialogue event on expediting deliberations at the village/sub-district level on the formation of village/sub-district KMPs.
Representatives from the Papua provincial government and Papua Mountains, Central Papua, and South Papua joined the event, which was held at the Papua Governor's Office in Jayapura city on Monday.
During the dialogue, Susanto asked regional heads across Papua to actively encourage the formation of the cooperatives. "We appreciate the cooperation and good response regarding the acceleration of the formation of KMPs," he said.
He added he is optimistic that the Papua KMPs will run well and help cut the supply chain, which is quite long.
"For that, we hope that through KMPs, the economy in villages in Tanah Papua will run well and smoothly, so that it can bring government services closer," he continued.
He said that his ministry is also hoping to continue collaborating with the Ministry of Law, as well as provincial, district, and city governments, so that the KMP program can have a significant impact on the village economy.
"We are optimistic that in Papua, by the end of June (2025), all cooperatives have legal entities (status), and by the inauguration of the Red and White cooperatives on Cooperative Day on July 12, all villages will have received legal approval," he added.
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Translator: Qadri Pratiwi, Asri Mayang Sari
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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