Comment: Autonomy law ‘needs reconstruction’

July 19, p2: The 2001 Special Autonomy Law on Papua needs to be redefined because it is not in accordance with administrative development and accommodate to Papuan people’s need anymore, a forum reveals. The redefinition of the special autonomy, or what Yusak Reba, a lecturer at Cendrawasih University, calls “reconstruction”, is required to facilitate the acceleration of the people’s welfare.
“It’s not revision by terminology, but reconstruction. Revision only means an alteration to some articles, while reconstruction requires new articles that would accommodate to Papuan people’s needs,” Yusak said.

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Blaming somebody else is the easiest way. It is true Papua is the most underdeveloped region in this country, however it is wrong to assume that other regions are treated differently.
Human resource development is the key to driving development. Autonomy is not medicine to eradicate the poverty. Clean and non-corrupt leaders, and long-term sustainable teamwork is key to fill the gap. The quarreling needs to stop and Papua people need to build trust together, a much better solution than blaming other regions.
Juju
Bekasi