Coba tanya Sekber LSM yang melakukan survey atas dana Depdagri di Papua baru
baru ini. Survey yang dilakukan untuk mencari tahu aspirasi rakyat papua
sesungguhnya menemukan suatu kesimpulan: bahwa hampir 90 % orang papua ingin
merdeka. He, ini survey atas biaya Depdagri lho. So, sudah pasti jika salah
kelola lagi (pengelolaan dengan ujung senjata, manipulasi, rekayasa perubahan
demografi yang meresahkan, eksplorasi sumber alam yang tidak mensejahterakan
masyarakat asli dll), Papua akan lepas. Dan Aceh, apakah sebutan buat daerah
yang meletakan MOU Helsinki sebagai dasar hukum tertinggi, walaupun masih
menjadi bagian dari NKRI ? ( Perhatikan jika ada perdebatan di Aceh, elit Aceh
akan mengatakan "itu bertentangan dgn MOU Helsinki" ketimbang itu bertentangan
dengan UUD 1945. Wah..wah wah.....
NKRI ? Jangan jangan, kita sudah berada dalam wilayah federal dan bukan
unitary lagi, jika melihat wewenang wewenang yang dimiliki oleh NAD. Jangan
jangan memang itu way outnya...jangan jangan......
Irry
Sato Sakaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jangan-jangan nanti malah Papua Barat terlepas seperti
halnya Timor Timur dengan diungkitnya kembali Proses
PEPERA 1969 di PBB.
http://www.house.gov/list/press/as00_faleomavaega/enionwestpapua.html
March 17, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON, D.C.CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS (CBC)
JOINS WITH FALEOMAVAEGA IN URGING U.S. SECRETARY OF
STATE AND UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO SUPPORT WEST PAPUAS
RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION
Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that the
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) joined with him in
urging U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to support West
Papuas right to self-determination. Faleomavaega is
the Ranking Member of the International Relations
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific which has broad
jurisdiction for Indonesia and West Papua.
In letters signed by over 37 members of the CBC, House
Congressional leaders asked for a review of the United
Nations conduct in West Papua stating that in 1962
the U.S. mediated an agreement between Indonesia and
the Netherlands in which the Dutch were to leave West
Papua, transfer sovereignty to the United Nations
Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) for a period of
six years, after which time a national election was to
be held to determine West Papuas political status.
However, after this agreement was reached, Indonesia
violated the terms of transfer and took over the
administration of West Papua from the UNTEA. In 1969,
Indonesia orchestrated an election that many regarded
as a brutal military operation. Known as the Act of
Choice, 1,022 elders under heavy military
surveillance were selected to vote for 809,327 Papuans
on the territory's political status.
United Nations (UN) Ambassador Ortiz-Sanz, who was
sent to West Papua to observe the process, issued the
following statement:
I regret to have to express my reservation regarding
the implementation of Article XXII of the (New York)
Agreement relating to the rights, including the
rights of free speech, freedom of movement and of
assembly of the inhabitants of the area. In spite of
my constant efforts, this important provision was not
fully implemented and the (Indonesian) Administration
exercised at all times a tight political control over
the population.
Despite Ambassadors Ortiz-Sanzs report, testimonials
from the press, the opposition of fifteen countries
and the cries for help from the Papuans themselves,
the UN sanctioned Indonesias act and, on September
10, 1969, West Papua became a province of Indonesian
rule. Since the Indonesian government seized control
of West Papua, the Papuans have suffered blatant human
rights abuses, including extrajudicial executions,
imprisonment, torture and, according to Afrim
Djonbalic's 1998 statement to the UN, environmental
degradation, natural resource exploitation, and
commercial dominance of immigrant communities.
The Lowenstein Human Rights Clinic at Yale University
recently found, in the available evidence, a strong
indication that the Indonesian government has
committed genocide against the Papuans. West Papua
New Guineans differ racially from the majority of
Indonesians. West Papuans are Melanesian and believed
to be of African descent. In 1990, Nelson Mandela
reminded the UN that when it first discussed the
South African question in 1946, it was discussing the
issue of racism. U.S. Congressional Members stated
that they believe as the UN discusses the West Papua
question, it will also be discussing the issue of
racism.
Furthermore, U.S. Congressional leaders believe the UN
will be discussing the issue of commercial
exploitation. West Papua New Guinea is renowned for
its mineral wealth including vast reserves of gold,
copper, nickel, oil and gas. In 1995, for example,
the Grasberg ore-mountain in West Papua was estimated
to be worth more than $54 billion. Yet little or no
compensation has been made to local communities and
new provisions in the law fall well short of West
Papuan demands for independence.
