Human rights and humanitarian issues that occur continue in Papua requires a comprehensive new perspective. With no measuring the scale of the problem in the province which has a special autonomy for 11 years with a standard that is used while talking about other provinces would be the answer.

Thus was the general conclusion on Focus Groups Discussion (FGD) talking on Papua’s issues: “Mapping Problems and Alternative Solutions on Development in Papua”, held on March 2 in Jakarta.

The discussion which held by Transparency International Indonesia (TII) was inviting leaders on Papua’s issue, activists, and academics. Some of them were General Secretary of TII, Teten Masduki, the Dean of FISIP UI, Bambang Shergi Laksmono, Director of Research Institute for Democracy and Peace (RIDEP), Amiruddin Al Rahab, and Budi Setyanto, Director of Institute for Civil Strengthening (ICS).

The participants notice the status of special autonomy to Papua mandated was not quite solve problems. Rather than being a solution, the Special Autonomy policy in fact continue to deliver anomaly such human rights violations, violence, arrearage, and corruption. The people are also still feel the oppression, poverty, and lack of access to education and health.

Meanwhile the wealth of abundant natural resources has led to serious anomaly. Papua became very impoverished comparing to other parts in Indonesia. Special Autonomy budget which has been disbursed Rp. 27 trillion for the entire territory of Papua during the period 2002-2209 yet did not change the situation. Neglect the role of culture in the development process was one of the problems.

The forum concluded there is no single explanation to problems in Papua. Start from the question of regulatory overlapping, authority conflicts among local public institutions to the lack of transparency and accountability in the performance of local public institution.

The absence of significant change in Papua during the Special Autonomy has become national and international limelight. A number of parties deplore the situation that continues to this deepening able to cause a failure of sustainable development for the community to the end of Special Autonomy in 2021. [LT]