13/09/2020
Media Release: Petisi Rakyat Papua Stance against Jakarta’s Manoeuvre
7 September 2020
To date, 7th September 2020, the Papuan People's Petition (PRP) continues to make its way throughout West Papua, Indonesia and abroad as a call for rejection of the extension of the Special Autonomy (Otsus) in West Papua. Since its launch on July 4, 2020, there are 45 civil organizations from various components jointly expressing support of the PRP. Three supporting-organisations are the solidarity network from Indonesia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea (PNG).
This jointly-response in the past two months by the Papuan people signals affirmative action and reveals facts to the Government of Indonesia and the rest of the world that Otsus is only a manufactured trade-off of the continued denial and manipulation of the Indonesian colonial Government against the aspiration of the Papuan people to exercise the fundamental right to self-determination in the territory of West Papua.
Due to this political manoeuvre by the colonial regime of Indonesia, for 19 years (2001-2020) the implementation of Otsus has failed miserably. It has proven to have failed to protect, impartial, and empower the Papuan people. On the contrary, the reality exacerbates and threatens the existence of the customary land and its people. Hence the Papuan people must expose the facts and declare that Otsus must not be continued and demand the right to self-determination of the Papuan people.
We have witnessed Indonesia response in a normative political manoeuvres to the demands of the West Papuan people, namely, 1) Deployment of massive military forces to West Papua, 2) A play-off tactics of splitting and dividing Papuan people against one; as well as mobilizing counter petitions, launching of population census data, coercing and recording people conveying statements of support for Otsus.
In addition, 3) Creates a diversion of opinions and strategies for sectoral conflicts through in-take of public servants (CPNS), expansion program, local regency election (Pilkada), national sporting-event (PON), investment, restriction of access to Freeport workers, and also 4) Simplification and domestication of Otsus as if it is only about the Special Autonomy Fund and the strategy of issuing a replacement government regulation The Otsus Law (Perppu). Lastly, 5) Launch of hoax propaganda, especially through Jakarta-funded buzzers or bots influencers.
The following are our response to this situation:
- We call on the Indonesian Government to stop all its political manipulative tactics, and for Indonesia to immediately push for a peaceful and productive solution to resolve this root cause of the conflict in West Papua, that is based on its international obligations in realizing the right of self-determination accorded within the UN charter.
- We call on the member states of the United Nations and the international community to immediately urge Indonesia to end the continuation of Special Autonomy in West Papua and to encourage the people of West Papua to determine their own-fate and its legal and political status under international law.
- We convey to a handful of Indonesian colonial bureaucratic elites in the People’s Assembly of Papua and West Papua (MRP – MRPB), People’s Representative Council of Papua and West Papua (DPRP – DPRPB), the Governor of Papua and West Papua, the Special Autonomy Special Committee, the Regional Representative Council (DPD) and the House of Representative of Indonesia Republic (DPR RI) delegates from Papua in Jakarta to immediately stop one-sided compromises to continue Otsus in any form or to frame it in any other name. The fact remains that the legitimacy of the status of Otsus is utterly and unreservedly in the hands of the West Papuan people. Give it back to the people, and let the people determine it.
- We express gratitude to the people of West Papua for the successful act of choice to enhance the PRP, and to convey for us to remain vigilant as we take critical stance against all incitement, offers and tactics of the Indonesian authorities and their accomplices, who do not want to resolve the roots causes of West Papua's political impasse peacefully and democratically. We hope that the people will be aware, unite and continue to fight in peace and with dignity.
We are the People Determining our Struggle!
Victor Yeimo
Spokesman of Petisi Rakyat Papua
+6281240931004 (Whatapp)
facebook.com/petisirakyatpapua
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1. KNPB (Komite Nasional Papua Barat)
2. AMP (Aliansi Mahasiswa Papua)
3. GempaR-Papua (Gerakan Mahasiswa Pemuda Rakyat Papua)
4. Garda- P (Gerakan Rakyat Demokratik Papua)
5. SONAMAPPA (Solidaritas Nasional Mahasiswa dan Pemuda Papua Barat)
6. FIM - WP (Forum Independen Mahasiswa West Papua )
7. WPNA (West Papua National Authority)
8. FNMPP (Front Nasional Mahasiswa Pemuda Papua)
9. SPMPB (Solidaritas Perempuan Melanesia Papua Barat)
10. MAI (Masyarakat Adat Independen)
11. APAP (Asosiasi Pedagang Asli Papua)
12. LEPEMAWI (Komunitas Peduli Lingkungan)
13. Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN Sorong)
14. BABEOSER BIKAR
15. GP (Green Papua)
16. DAP (Dewan Adat Papua)
17. Pelajar, Mahasiswa dan Pemuda Yahukimo di Jayapura
18 AMPTPI (Asosiasi Mahasiswa Pegunungan Tengah Papua se-Indonesia)
19. Ikatan Mahasiswa Kaimana di Jayapura
20. Asosiasi Mahasiswa dan Pemuda Papua Barat (AMP3B)
21 Komisi somatua (komunitas Mahasiswa Independen Kabupaten Intan Jaya)
22. West Papua Interest Association/West Papua Indigeneous People (WPIA)
23. SAY (Solidaritas Anak Yalimo)
24. FORUM KOMUNIKASI PEMUDA PELAJAR MAHASISWA SE- KAWASAN TELUK AMPIMOI (FKPPM-KATELMOI)
25.Himpunan Pelajar Mahasiswa Kwiyawagi Bersatu se-Indonesia di Jayapura
26. Himpunan Mahasiswa Kabupaten Yalimo se-Indonesia (HMKY)
27.Komunitas Mahasiswa dan Pelajar Aplim-Apom (KOMAPO) Kabupaten Pegunungan Bintang Se Jawa, Bali, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, dan Sumatera.
28. Himpunan Pemuda Pelajar dan Mahasiswa Meepago di Jayapura
29.Nelayan Pribumi Papua (NEPPA) kota Jayapura
30.Forum Gerakan Rakyat Bovendigul (FGR-BD)
31. Forum Komunikasi Mahasiswa Intan Jaya (FKMI) Kota Studi Nabire
32. Ikatan Mahasiswa Tambrauw- Manokwari
33. Pemuda Adat Papua
34. Solidaritas mahasiswa Meepago di Manukwari
35. Solidaritas Mahasiswa Yalimo di Manukwari
36. Serikat Pembebasan Perempuan Papua (SP3)
37. Ikatan Mahasiswa Pegunungan Tengah di Manukwari.
38. Ikatan Mahasiswa Tambrauw di Manukwari
39. Koalisi Mahasiswa dan Pemuda Lapago
40. Serikat Perjuangan Rakyat Lapago Papua (SPRLP)
41. Komunitas Pelajar dan Mahasiswa Muslim Jayawijaya Se-Jawa dan Bali
42. Solidaritas Mahasiswa IV Kabupaten Puncak, Intan Jaya, Nduga dan TIMIKa (PINDTIM) di Manukwari
Solidaritas Rakyat Untuk West Papua
43. Front Rakyat Indonesia untuk West Papua (FRI-WP)
44. Front Rakyat Maubere Untuk West Papua (FRM-WP)
45. PNG's NGO and Civil Society Coalition Partners. Inc
Post Mr, Victor Yeimo
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Menyikapi Pembahasan kelanjutan Otonomi Khusus (Otsus) Jilid ke II, sebanyak 45 Organisasi menyataka