Chinese contractor to build power plant in Papua

contractor from China will build a steam-generated power plant in Papua regency of Mimika, Timika branch of state electricity company PLN spokesman Trimanto said Saturday.   He said the construction of the steam-generated power plant around Paumako port in East Mimika was expected to start in March his year and finish by 2010.   According to Trimanto, Mimika administration has granted 12 hectares of land around Paumako port to PLN in Timika for the power plant project.  He pointed out that the power plant project was part of a cooperation between Indonesian and Chinese governments in energy.
Antara ,  Timika   |  Sat, 03/01/2008 8:13 PM

The history of Papua

The history of Papua as an integral part of the territory of the RI is clear

The status of the Province of Papua as part of Indonesia is final and was endorsed in 1970 by General Assembly Resolution 2504, because Papua was an integral part of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI).

Historically,  the Dutch colonial government administered from Batavia (presently Jakarta) the whole territory of NEI.  It is noted that the indivisibility of Papua as part of NEI was recognized in the London Agreement of 1824 between Great Britain and the Netherlands as well as reflected in the 1825 Map of the NEI which places Papua as its easternmost boundary.

Indonesia’s founding fathers, when declaring Indonesia independence, refer to the whole territory of NEI as the legitimate territory of Indonesia. This is in line with the principle of “Usi Posidentis” in which the successor state would inherit the whole territorial boundary of a colony.  Relating with a referendum was held in 1969, it can be mentioned that it is legal  and unquestioned. Some who say that the documents portray the 1969 “Act of Free Choice” (AFC) as a sham because it excluded most Papuans is the only way voiced by them who want to endanger Indonesia’s territorial integrity and ruin its democracy.

A total of 1025 electors (Papuan tribal chiefs) who joined the 1969 legal referendum represented all indigenous segments and tribes within West Papua. This approach was selected as being the most appropriate given the logistical difficulties created by the region’s geography, and local political circumstances that dictated that tribal chiefs spoke for and expressedthe will of their native communities.

The exercise drew extra credibility from the fact that it was carried out in accordance with the New York Agreement struck between Indonesia and the Netherlands. The final seal of legitimacy, however, came from the United Nations’ decision, based on a report by the UN Secretary-General, to recognize West Papua as a part of Indonesian territory.  Therefore, Foreign Affairs Minister Ben Bot assessed the report concerning the 1969 referendum compiled by the Professor of Diplomatic History at the University of Leiden, Pieter Drooglever, as stated at Hilversum Radio was only the scientific paper which can not change the history.

The world has become the witness that the Pepera (Act of Free Choice) implementation was legal due to under the UN supervision and control. Understanding the 1969 situation was similar with the recent and  peaceful general election in West Papua province in which about 1.1 million people, or more than 90 per cent of those  eligible to vote, took part in the election.

The result saw Barnabas Saebu become Governor-elect with roughly 30 per cent of the vote. It was indicates that, despite allegations to the contrary, the vast majority of West Papuans independently choose to exercise their right to vote without any government or military pressure. Last August 17, 2005 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said, according to the international law, there is no more reason to doubt the legitimacy of Papua as an integral part of the territorial sovereignty of the unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia.

The president added, every cabinet’s program from the revolutionary era to the parliamentary democratic system was always mentioning the West Papua as an integral part of Indonesia. There exist no manipulations of history that must be revised.  The history of Papua as an integral part of the territory of the RI is clear and  West Papuans are happy to be Indonesians (Lhernot)

History of OPM Leaders who Comes Back to Indonesia

Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simion who were formerly Papua New Guinean and Swedish citizens repectively — have officially resumed their status as Indonesian nationals after their proposals on the matter were approved by the Indonesian government through the decree of the Law and Human Rights Minister on November 29, 2007. The function highlighting the return of the two Papuans to the Unitary State of Indonesia was held in Sentani, Jayapura district, Papua province on Saturday 23 February 2008.
“After observing the real condition in Indonesia and the international political climate, we decided to return home forever. We believe Indonesia will be better, more democratic, free, prosperous and peacful in the future,” he said. When they met Vice President Jusuf Kalla to express their intention to return to Indonesia, the vice president directly asked his expert staff member to handle the matter.

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