RI Sayangkan Isu Papua Barat Dibahas di Forum Negara Pasifik

metrotvnews.com, Fajar Nugraha • 11 September 2015 15:59 WIB

Metrotvnews.com, Port Moresby: Forum Negara Pasifik di Port Moresby, Papua Nugini menegaskan kembali kedaulatan NKRI, termasuk Provinsi Papua. Namun, Indonesia menyayangkan isu Papua dibahas dalam forum ini.

Wakil Menteri Luar Negeri RI A.M Fachir, menghadiri KTT ke-46 Forum Negara Pasifik atau Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) di Port Moresby, Papua Nugini. Forum ini berlangsung 7 – 11 September 2015. Pertemuan yang membahas isu-isu Perikanan, Perubahan Iklim, Kanker Serviks, Teknologi Informasi dan pelanggaran HAM di Papua Barat, menyepakati komunike bersama sebagai hasil dari KTT tersebut.

“Indonesia sebagai Negara kepulauan memiliki berbagai tantangan yang sama dengan Negara Negara pulau di Pasifik. Indonesia berkomitmen untuk mendukung negara-negara Pasifik dalam menghadapi berbagai tantangan pembangunan,” ujar Wamenlu dalam pernyataannya di forum tersebut, dalam keterangan tertulis Kementerian Luar Negeri yang diterima Metrotvnews.com, Jumat (11/9/2015).

“Indonesia siap, dan dengan semangat, mendukung negara-negara PIF dalam upaya pembangunannya,” tegas Wamenlu Fachir.

Salah satu isu yang mendapat perhatian tinggi dalam pertemuan ini terkait dengan tantangan perubahan iklim yang dihadapi negara-negara Pasifik. Mantan Dubes RI untuk Arab Saudi itu pun menyampaikan bahwa Indonesia memiliki komitmen yang tinggi untuk mengatasi perubahan iklim.

“Indonesia juga akan bantu dorong kepentingan negara kepulauan di Pasifik dalam upaya mendapatkan hasil yang ambisius dan equitable pada pertemuan Perubahan Iklim UNFCCC di Paris akhir tahun ini. Kita akan bekerja dengan negara Pasifik untuk mendapatkan hasil di Paris guna mengatasi tantangan yang dihadapi negara-negara Pasifik terkait perubahan Iklim,”

sebut Wamenlu.

Terkait dengan masuknya isu pelanggaran HAM di Papua Barat dalam agenda PIF, Indonesia menyayangkan hal ini, mengingat isu tersebut masuk atas desakan berbagai NGO dan bukan merupakan usulan Pemerintah Negara-negara PIF. Indonesia menyampaikan bahwa usulan tersebut tidak sejalan dengan tujuan utama pembentukan PIF, yaitu untuk mendorong kerja sama ekonomi dan pembangunan di kawasan.

Dari hasil pembahasan isu Papua, para Kepala Negara PIF kembali menyatakan dukungannya kepada kedaulatan dan integritas NKRI, termasuk terhadap semua Provinsi Papua. Selain itu, juga diusulkan agar ketua PIF melakukan konsultasi dengan Pemerintah Indonesia termasuk dengan mengirimkan misi pencari fakta PIF ke Papua Barat terkait adanya tuduhan pelanggaran HAM.

Menanggapi pembahasan isu Papua, Wamenlu RI dalam pernyataannya menyampaikan penolakan terhadap “Tuduhan pelanggaran HAM di Papua yang tidak berdasar dan merefleksikan pemahaman yang salah terhadap fakta sesungguhnya di lapangan,” tegas Wamenlu.

Wamenlu RI juga menolak intervensi asing termasuk usulan adanya misi pencari fakta PIF ke provinsi Papua Barat terkait tuduhan pelanggaran HAM.

“Sebagai negara demokratis, Indonesia sangat menjunjung tinggi supremasi hukum dan penghormatan terhadap HAM. Indonesia memiliki mekanisme HAM nasional yang berfungsi dengan baik yang belum tentu dimiliki oleh sebagian Negara PIF,”

tegas Wamenlu RI.

Selain itu, Wamenlu RI juga menekankan bahwa pembangunan selama ini di Papua jauh lebih maju dari sebagian negara kepulauan di Pasifik. Wamenlu Fachir menyayangkan bahwa dalam pembahasan tidak disoroti kemajuan yang telah dicapai di Papua dan jumlah dana pembangunan yang dialokasikan ke Papua untuk pembangunan sosial dan ekonomi.

PIF adalah organisasi regional di kawasan Pasifik yang bertujuan untuk mencapai pertumbuhan dan pembangunan berkelanjutan. PIF Memiliki 16 negara anggota dan 17 Mitra Wicara. Indonesia merupakan salah satu mitra wicara bersama Amerika Serikat (AS), Tiongkok, Kuba, Filipina, Italia, Spanyol, India, Inggris, Jepang, Kanada, Korea Selatan (Korsel), Malaysia, Perancis, Thailand, Turki, dan Uni Eropa.
(FJR)

September 11, 2015 0

Sogavare pushes for West Papua at Forum

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has emerged as a leading advocate for regional representation for West Papuans Photo: RNZI Koroi Hawkins

Radio NZ – The government’s special envoy on West Papua Matthew Wale says the Solomon Islands is supporting the United Liberation Movement of West Papua’s application for observer status at the Forum.

The ULMWP was granted observer status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group at the regional organisation’s recent leaders summit in Honiara.

Mr Wale says Solomon Islands will also urge Forum leaders to support a resolution calling for the UN Human Rights Commissioner to conduct an assessment on the human rights situation in West Papua.

The Solomon Islands also wants a resolution calling for West Papua to be included on the UN’s decolonisation list.

Mr Wale says the leaders have a moral obligation to deal with the issues responsibly given public opinion and the amount of information about the situation in the Indonesian region.
Manasseh Sogavare

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has emerged as a leading advocate for regional representation for West Papuans Photo: RNZI Koroi Hawkins

However other Pacific Islands government, notably those of Melanesian powerhouses Papua New Guinea and Fiji appear reluctant to engage on West Papua at the Forum level to any great extent.

The situation in the Indonesian region is one of the five agenda items at the Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit in Port Moresby and there have been calls for a fact-finding mission to the province.

However PNG’s Foreign Minister Rimbink says his country will not do anything to endanger the good relationship it has with Indonesia when it comes to West Papua.

Mr Pato says he acknowledges the call for a forum mission and it will be discussed but PNG is looking at other methods.

“Our strongest recommendation will be to work alongside Indonesia. Indonesia has just been made an associate member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group which is a sub-regional body and that is a starting point, and should there be some issues we will be looking to work through that and work together with Indonesia.”

The plenary meetings at the 2015 Forum summit have been marked by protesters outside the venue calling for more action in West Papua.

September 10, 2015 0

PNG Prime Minister’s Indonesia visit raises questions over West Papua stance

By DANIEL DRAGESET

Spearhead Group (MSG) meets in New Caledonia to decide if the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation will be granted membership.

Support
The timing of O’Neill’s Indonesia visit has raised questions on Papua New Guinea’s support for West Papua, Radio New Zealand International reports.

O’Neill has stated that West Papua is an integral part of Indonesia, but has voiced concern about human rights abuses in West Papua.

Several reports detail torture and abuses against pro-independence activists in West Papua.

Border issues include people from West Papua fleeing to Papua New Guinea.

O’Neill said he looks forward to discussing these issues with Yodhoyono.

“We are encouraged by the invitation from the Indonesian Government, through the president, for the first time in its history asking Papua New Guinea to help in some of those issues in West Papua,” he said.

Consensus
The decision to include the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation in the MSG has received strong support ahead of the upcoming summit with the exception of Papua New Guinea.

Decisions in the MSG are usually reached by consensus. If Indonesia succeeds in lobbying Papua New Guinea, it might persuade the country to refrain from supporting West Papuan inclusion in the MSG, according Radio New Zealand International.

The president of the self-styled republic of West Papua, Forkorus Yaboisembut, made an appeal to MSG, the Pacific Islands Forum and the African, Pacific and Caribbean group of states to recognise his country almost three weeks ago

June 30, 2015 0

MSG rejects West Papua membership bid

4:48 pm on 29 June 2015, RadioNZNews

The Melanesian Spearhead Group has knocked back West Papua’s bid to become a full member of the group, while elevating Indonesia’s status.

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The Melanesian Spearhead Group has knocked back West Papua’s bid to become a full member of the group, while elevating Indonesia’s status.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua hoped to follow in the footsteps of New Caledonia’s FLNKS in obtaining full MSG membership, without being a sovereign government.

This would have been Papua’s first recognition in an international fora since the region was incorporated into Indonesia.

Koroi Hawkins has more.

“Let us not forget the dreams and wishes of our people to be part of a Melanesian family. The desire of our people for an inclusive MSG. An MSG that is able to stand for what is right in the world, where such values are now struggling to survive.”

It was a passionate speech by Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare at the opening of the MSG Leaders Summit in Honiara on Wednesday.

One that brought tears to the eyes of the members of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua delegation present and sparked hope in West Papuan Leaders such as Benny Wenda.

“I think his speech is the really amazing ever and I think now its time for the Melanesian leaders to show the world that they can handle this problem because this is the longest struggle, 50 years is enough that’s why it is time for Melanesian leaders to look at this issue and bring West Papua into Melanesia.”

And bring them in they did. But not in the way Benny Wenda or anyone else for that matter had envisioned.

The MSG rejected the ULM bid for membership and instead granted them observer status, with an interesting twist, while elevating Indonesia’s own observer status to that of associate member.

A Solomon Islands academic Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka, who is an associate professor at the University of Hawaii’s school of Pacific Island Studies, says the latter decision is the most disappointing for Melanesians.

“Not so much for the fact that West Papua has been admitted only as an observer member but for the fact the Indonesia has been made a member of the MSG. I think thats the big dissappointment. On the other hand the fact that West Papua has been accorded an observer status is a good thing its a step in the right direction.”

But a spokesperson from the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra Sade Bimantara says its associate membership is a positive step for Melanesia.

“We believe that we can contribute to the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Add value to that and also to increase connectivity between people in the Asia Pacific with those Melanesian descendants in Indonesia.

For the ULM however there is only gratitude for what Benny Wenda describes simply as recognition.

“You know 53 years we, our voice never recognised and in the regional and international fora so this is why this is the first step for West Papua to become an observer in the Melanesian Spearhead Group.”

But the observer status comes with conditions that say the ULMWP is representing West Papuans outside of West Papua. A clause Dr Kabutaulaka says ignores the representative status already held by the ULM.

“To imply that it only represents people outside West Papua is in a way say that, you know, it is not really a legitimate representation of West Papuans and therefore when it comes to serious discussions it could be disregarded.”

And this was raised by Indonesia delegation in Honiara right off the bat according to Papua based journalist, Victor Mambor who was in Honiara for the summit.

Reading from an Indonesian statement released in response to the United Liberation Movement for West Papua’s speech in acceptance of its observer status, Victor Mambor said Indonesia rejected the ULM’s allegations of human rights abuses in West Papua as well as the ULM’s claim that it represented the people of West Papua.

“Listening to the statement of the observer calling itself ULMWP, I wonder if their participation in the MSG will contribute to its noble causes and principles. We categorically reject all these unfounded and false allegations made against the government of Indonesia.”

But Benny Wenda says to him the clause is irrelevant given the make up of the ULM and the extent to which the group has gone to make sure it was representative of the people of West Papua.

“They chose us as a leader of speaking out on behalf of people of West Papua. And this is representing people inside and outside which some of them live in exile, so we are representing people of West Papua.”

The full extent of the decisions made by MSG Leaders in Honiara this week are yet to play out in the region but a contrast can be taken in comparing the reactions of the two parties concerned.

First Indonesia.

“Indonesia is populated by about 253 million people. So this is a potential large market access for citizens of MSG. So if we can work together you know to increase our economic ties and development I think we can enhance the prosperity of our peoples.”

And secondly West Papua.

“We United Liberation Movement to pursue another further push to full membership. That is what we will fight for next step.

June 29, 2015 0

Indonesia is Associate Member, West Papua Observer in MSG

Vanuatu Daily Post – By Godwin Ligo Jun 27, 2015

The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has accepted the United Liberal Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) as Observer in the regional organisation on the basis that it represents West Papuans living outside West Papua.

According to international media, that was the announcement made yesterday by the MSG Chair, Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare.

The MSG Chair also announced that Associate Membership was accorded to Indonesia who is representing “the five Melanesian provinces in Indonesia”.

That was the decision of the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group at the MSG Summit in Solomon Islands that ended yesterday.

Indonesia will be represented in MSG by the governors of the five provinces in West Papua.

The ULMWP application for full membership in MSG was held back.

While Vanuatu was the beacon of hope for West Papua in the world in the past, at this stage the people of Vanuatu do not know how Vanuatu voted at the MSG in the bid for ULMWP’s application for full membership.

But in a statement released by the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday, it stated that the United Liberation Movement for West Papua representatives have expressed appreciation to Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders in an address to the MSG Plenary on Friday.

The Vanuatu Prime Minister, Sato Kilman, who did not attend the MSG meeting following the political situation in the country stated: “The 20th Summit ended on Friday 26th with a Plenary which also saw addresses from newly admitted Associate members Indonesia, and the United Liberation Movement for West Papua as Observers.

“In a much-anticipated communiqué which was signed by Leaders on Thursday evening at the Mendana Hotel in Honiara, among other important decisions, Leaders approved that ULMWP be admitted as an Observer to the MSG under the regional and international organizations category and representing Melanesians living abroad.

“In addition, leaders also approved that Associate membership be accorded to Indonesia who will also be representing the five Melanesian Provinces in Indonesia.

“These two decisions were arguably quite historical as well as progressive in their own right, rendering the MSG as a platform for greater dialogue between the Government of Indonesia and the ULMWP.

“In his address to the plenary on Friday morning, representative of the ULMWP expressed their appreciation to leaders for endorsing their bid for membership and for their unification under the ULMWP umbrella which was made possible under the auspices of the Government, the Chiefs, Church Leaders and people of Vanuatu.

“It is important to note that the Vanuatu Government’s strong stance, support and advocacy for self-determination for all indigenous peoples and the universal principles of human rights which all MSG members subscribe to have been instrumental in the inclusion of La Couse Kanak and now West Papua in the agenda of the MSG, and for the inclusion of the FLNKS representing the Kanak people of New Caledonia, and now ULMWP the people of West Papua.

“To that end, the Vanuatu Government wishes to congratulate both the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and the Government of Indonesia for choosing the MSG as a conduit or platform whereupon they may dialogue and in reconciling any differences.

“The spirit of the MSG and the Melanesian way encourages closer dialogue cooperation and the spirit of comradeship and collegiality and in a reconciliatory manner than confrontational.

“Leaders of the MSG, including Vanuatu, therefore encourage the ULMWP and the Government of Indonesia to make the most the space and opportunity rendered by their inclusion in the MSG for dialogue and in a reconciliatory and progressive manner.

“This is a position which the Government of the day will rally behind and support to be more pragmatic and progressive, as opposed to a confrontational approach.

“The 20th MSG Leaders’ Summit also saw the signing of a myriad of documents and declarations which included, the Agreement Establishing the MSG (Revised 2015), the Declaration on the MSG 2038 Property for All Plan and implementation Framework. Agreement Establishing the Regional Police Academy (RPA), Legislative Framework Agreement of the Formed Police Unit (FPU), Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Humanitarian and Emergency Response Cooperation Center (HERCC), Melanesian Declaration on the Transshipment of Nuclear Waste and Trans-boundary Movement of Hazardous Waste (previously the 1995 Lakatoro Declaration on Denuclearization on the Pacific), Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Technical Cooperation in Coastal and Aquaculture Development between members of the MSG, and the MSG Roadmap for inshore Fisheries Management and Sustainable Development.

“The leaders also considered and endorsed a paper on Recovery Support for Vanuatu in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Pam which would comprise pledges of support in areas identified in the recently concluded National Recovery Plan, and on a bilateral basis ,” the statement ended and signed by the Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Vanuatu Christian Council, Bishop James Ligo, told the Daily Post that the VCC accepts the decision by the MSG leaders in granting West Papua an Observer status in the MSG as a first step.

At the same time he questions the granting of Associate Member to Indonesia.

However, the VCC Chairman said, the VCC will continue to put pressure on the MSG for eventual full membership of West Papua under ULMWP into the MSG.

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June 27, 2015 0

PM not attending but appoints special envoy to MSG

Vanuatu Daily Post – By Godwin Ligo Jun 26, 2015

Vanuatu’s position on West Papua application and other important regional issues will be known at the end of the MSG Summit, according to reliable sources within the Government.

Reliable sources within the Government have confirmed that the Government has appointed a Special Prime Minister’s Envoy to the MSG Meeting in Honiara.

He is the Prime Minister’s Office, Director General (DG), Johnson Naviti, but the Daily Post also understands that the DG Naviti will travel to Honiara to convey the Vanuatu Government’s decisions to the meeting.

The Government’s stand on the issue of West Papua application for full MSG membership and other important regional issues will be made known only at the end of the MSG heads of government summit, which ends tomorrow with plenary and closing ceremony.

The outcome of the West Papua application for MSG full membership is expected to be made known publicly from Honiara, Solomon Islands, later today, Vanuatu time.

The decision by the MSG leaders will be made during the MSG Heads of Governments during their Retreat today, according to reliable government source in Port Vila.

It is expected to be made known through a Communiqué to be issued by the MSG officials in Honiara late today.

The Daily Post understands that Vanuatu Prime Minister nor other ministers could be present at the MSG 20th Summit, 2015, because of the current political situation in the country involving court cases; first the Constitutional Case involving Speaker’s decision to close the First Ordinary Session of Parliament when the Opposition sponsored motion against Prime Minister Sato Kilman, was not debated and the bribery case that has been moved by Court for hearing next month.

The West Papua application for full membership into the MSG has been one of the main issues of concern by the churches, the chiefs and other civil societies in Vanuatu and around the Pacific region and beyond prior to and over the period of the MSG 20th Summit 2015 in Honiara this week.

The Vanuatu Christian Council have aired their stand on the issue for and on behalf of all churches and Christian ministries in the country earlier this week while the Malvatumauri Council of Chiefs made a final call on the Vanuatu Government to vote for West Papua full membership in a statement published in the Daily Post yesterday.

Shortly, the outcome will be made known and it will most likely show what Vanuatu’s stand is on the West Papua Application for full membership into the MSG.

Since its election, the new government has not officially cleared its position on the United Liberal Movement of West Papua’s application to be a full member of the MSG.

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June 26, 2015 0

Samoa looks into supporting West Papua

RNZI reporter Johnny Blades interviewing Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi Photo: Govt of Samoa

Samoa says it will be looking into supporting a West Papua request for membership in the Pacific Islands Forum.

RNZI reporter Johnny Blades interviewing Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi — RNZI reporter Johnny Blades interviewing Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi Photo: Govt of Samoa

The Samoa Observer reports that Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi made the assurances to the general secretary of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Octovianus Mote last week.

Mr Mote who the Observer reports is in Fiji this week to lobby for support ahead of West Papua’s upcoming bid for membership to the Melanesian Spearhead Group also met with Tautua leaders and the Council of Churches in Samoa who also expressed their full support for West Papua.

According to Mr Mote, when West Papua gained independence in 1961, Samoa was one of the few countries represented at the celebrations.

United Liberation Movement for West Papua secretary-general Octo Mote. Photo: Supplied

Speaking to the Observer, Mr Mote said that the population of indigenous West Papuans, which was once 1.5 million, is down by 48 percent and his people are a minority in their our land.

He said should the trend continue, in 2020, the population will be less than 23 percent.

Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz

June 17, 2015 0

Mosi Tidak Percaya Terhadap PM Joe Natuman Mulai Diperdebatkan Dalam Sidang Parlemen Vanuatu

Jayapura, Jubi – Sidang anggota Parlemen Vanuatu untuk sesi pertama di tahun ini telah dimulai di ruang sidang Parlemen Vanuatu yang bertempat di ibukota Port Vila, Vanuatu, Senin (8/6/2015). Pada sesi ini, anggota parlemen akan memperdebatkan gerakan mosi tidak percaya terhadap Perdana Menteri Joe Natuman.

Sesi ini sempat tertunda dari jadwal semula pada Maret 2015, yang disebabkan hancurnya negara pulau itu oleh badai tropis Topan Pam.

Wartawan Radio New Zealand, Johnny Blades, melaporkan bahwa pihak oposisi telah mengajukan mosi tidak percaya terhadap perdana menteri Joe Natuman.

Blades mengatakan, sebuah gerakan tentang mosi tidak percaya itu telah ditandatangani oleh 21 anggota parlemen dan telah diajukan kepada pembicara pada pekan lalu. Mosi tidak percaya yang sudah ditandatangani itu akan diperdebatkan dalam sidang perlemen oleh 52 kursi, pada Kamis (11/6/2015).

Puluhan tanda tangan itu termasuk dua orang anggota parlemen yang telah ditunjuk menjadi menteri oleh PM Joe Natuman, pekan lalu. Salah satunya adalah MP dari Luganville, Kalfau Moli. Ia telah ditunjuk menjadi menteri luar negeri baru, menggantikan Sato Kilman yang dipecat oleh Perdana Menteri setelah ia menunjukkan dukungannya bagi gerakan membangun mosi tidak percaya itu.

Blades mengatakan, pemecatan itu dipahami bahwa Sato Kilman adalah kandidat oposisi alternatif perdana menteri.

“Ini masih harus dilihat bagaimana tiga anggota parlemen pemerintah lainnya terkait dengan gerakan mosi tidak percaya akan memilihnya. Tapi, setelah ditopang sejumlah orang seperti Kalfau Moli dan menteri kehakiman baru Osea Nevu, pemerintah Natuman yang sedang memimpin yakin bahwa ia memiliki dukungan mayoritas,”

kata Blades. (Yuliana Lantipo)

Source: TabloidJubic.com, Diposkan oleh : Yuliana Lantipo on June 8, 2015 at 11:36:54 WP [Editor : ]

June 8, 2015 0

Gubernur Bantu Pulangkan 5 Napol ke Daerah Asalnya

Jayapura – Gubernur Papua Lukas Enembe memberikan bantuan kepada lima narapidana politik (Napol) yang menerima grasi dari Presiden RI Joko Widodo berupa fasilitas untuk pulang ke kampung halamannya masing-masing.

Juru Bicara Gubernur Papua Lamadi de Lamato, di Jayapura, Rabu, mengatakan pada 27 Mei lalu, Gubernur sudah membantu lima napol untuk pulang langsung ke kampung halamannya di Wamena dan sekitarnya.

“Begitu mengajukan surat permohonan bantuan langsung direspon dan sudah membantu lima napol untuk pulang ke kampung masing-masing,” katanya.

Lamadi menjelaskan dana bantuan gubernur itu diperuntukkan untuk bakar batu, dikarenakan selama ini pihak keluarga lima napol ini menganggap kelimanya sudah meninggal.

“Gubernur Papua sangat merespon apa yang disampaikan pemerintah daerah, sehingga sudah berkoordinasi dengan staf khusus presiden Lenis Kogoya untuk melihat lima napol ini,” ujarnya.

Dia menuturkan pada intinya setelah kelimanya pulang kampung, dari Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) Papua berharap kepada pemerintah daerah setempat agar memperhatikan lima napol ini.

“Sebab di antara kelimanya ada yang masih berstatus pelajar, jadi mungkin bisa didorong untuk dapat kuliah lagi,” katanya lagi.

Dia menambahkan sedangkan sebagian lainnya akan dipantau, apakah akan diberikan pekerjaan dan rumah yang layak, dimana bantuan diberikan agar jangan ada yang merasa bahwa ini bagian dari pencitraan presiden dan Pemprov Papua tetapi murni bantuan.

Sebelumnya, Presiden Joko Widodo pada Sabtu (9/5) di penjara Abepura memberikan grasi kepada lima narapidana politik Papua, yang terlibat dalam kasus pembobolan gudang senjata Kodim Wamena, 4 April 2003.

Di antaranya termasuk Apotnalogolik Lokobal (20 tahun penjara di Biak), Numbungga Telenggen (seumur hidup di Biak), Kimanus Wenda (19 tahun di Nabire), Linus Hiluka (19 tahun di Nabire) dan Jefrai Murib (seumur hidup di penjara Abepura).(ant/don/l03)

Source: BintangPapua.com, Kamis, 04 Jun 2015 17:24

June 4, 2015 0

Menko Polhukam : BIN akan Pantau Jurnalis Asing

Menteri Koordinator bidang Politik, Hukum dan Keamanan (Menko Polhukam), Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno – thepresidentpost.com

Jakarta, Jubi/Antara – Menteri Koordinator bidang Politik, Hukum dan Keamanan (Menko Polhukam), Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno, mengatakan, aparat Badan Intelijen Negara (BIN) akan memantau pergerakan jurnalis asing yang akan melakukan peliputan di Papua.

“BIN akan memantau pergerakan jurnalis asing yang diduga ditunggangi untuk mengganggu stabilitas keamanan di Papua,” kata Tedjo usai Seminar Nasional tentang Peluang, Tantangan, dan Hambatan Atas ‘Terbukanya Papua bagi Jurnalis Asing, di Wisma Antara, Jakarta, Selasa (26/5/2015).

Menurut dia, aparat intelijen sudah memiliki data dan pemetaannya tentang jurnalis asing tersebut.

Kendati demikian, aparat tidak akan mengawasi atau mengawal secara langsung para jurnalis asing yang melakukan peliputan. Jurnalis asing itu diharapkan melapor setiap akan melakukan peliputan di Papua, sehingga bila terjadi sesuatu pemerintah tak disalahkan.

“Kita tidak ingin disebut memata-matai jurnalis asing yang bekerja mencari berita. Tetapi, kita tidak ingin terjadi sesuatu kepada jurnalis asing. Kalau melakukan peliputan di daerah konflik diharapkan melapor. Jangan sampai jurnalis asing yang melakukan tugas jurnalistiknya hilang di Papua, maka pemerintah Indonesia akan disalahkan,”

ujarnya.

Tedjo pun mempersilakan jurnalis asing untuk meliput di Papua asalkan beritanya berimbang dan tidak menimbulkan konflik.

Kebijakan Presiden Joko Widodo tentang keterbukaan bagi jurnalis ading di Papua merupakan kebijakan strategis. Bahkan, pernyataan Presiden Jokowi akan menimbulkan citra positif bagi Indonesia di mata Internasional.

“Ini dapat mengubah citra masyarakat Internasional tentang Papua yang selama ini seringkali dicitrakan secara negatif, seperti kekerasan dan pelanggaran hak asasi manusia (HAM). Ini bisa dibuka, bahwa di Papua tak terjadi demikian,”

kata Menko Polhukam. (*)

Source: Diposkan oleh : Admin Jubi on May 26, 2015 at 20:25:11 WP [Editor : Victor Mambor] Sumber : Antara.com, TJ.

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