Three Bills on Papua Redistricting Completed in 9 Days

The three new administrative units that have been created from Papua province include South Papua province, Central Papua province and the Papua Highlands province

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Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian (right) submits the government's view file regarding the New Autonomous Region Bill (RUU DOB) Papua to DPR Speaker Puan Maharani (center) during the DPR plenary meeting at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday (30/6). /2022).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The target of the House of Representatives to complete the discussion of three bills related to the expansion of provinces in Papua within nine days has been accomplished. At a House plenary session on Thursday (30/6/2022), the three bills were ratified to create new provinces in Papua.

The House and the government claimed the expansion would give hope for the equitable distribution of infrastructure development, economic development and resolving conflicts, especially for indigenous Papuans. However, the discussion, which took place for only nine days, may have created the potential for a lawsuit at the Constitutional Court.