DPR Leader Says Southwest Papua Bill Can Be Discussed During Recess



Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives Lodewijk F Paulus said that the discussion of the Bill for the Establishment of the Southwest Papua Province could be carried out during a recess. The Southwest Papua Bill is a DPR initiative bill. He said that certainty was obtained in a leadership meeting and deliberation body (bamus).

"So automatically they can work on Commission II," said Lodewijk to reporters, Jakarta, Monday (11/7/2022). He ensured that the discussion of the Bill for the Establishment of the Southwest Papua Province was in accordance with the mechanism and would not be a problem, even though it was carried out during a recess.

"Because we are already at the Bamus meeting, the stages are neat, after that the deliberative body meeting. Why did we just read it yesterday, because this discourse was already out when we were at the meeting,” said Lodewijk. Previously, the DPR had set the Draft Law on the Establishment of the Southwest Papua Province to be a DPR initiative bill. Furthermore, the bill will be discussed by Commission II for further discussion.

In the plenary session of determination, Deputy Speaker of the DPR Rahmat Gobel who chaired the plenary meeting said that the discussion of the bill could be carried out during a recess which began on July 8 to mid-August 2022. Gobel said.

Follow-up to the Papua Regional Autonomy Law

Meanwhile, the Chair of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, said that the Bill for the Establishment of the Province of West Papua was a follow-up to the formation of the three new autonomous regional laws (DOB) for Papua which had already been passed. "After careful consideration and thought and long discussions between the government and the DPR, it was then proposed that there be one more new autonomous region, namely Southwest Papua," said Puan.

With the addition of the new province, there will be an influence on the electoral district for the election. According to Puan, the DPR and the election organizers will hold a consultation meeting to discuss the issue. "To Commission II to be able to hold meetings during the recess so that later the PKPU that will appear or which will be produced before July 29 is indeed a PKPU that has been coordinated by the DPR," said Puan.

SOURCE: https://time.online/8474-2/

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