Division Drama

The President will issue a government regulation on West Papua. “It’s my stance that regional division is realized if it brings direct benefit to local people,” he says.

March 11, 2008

CONTROVERSY over the regional split-up continues. The existence of a new province or regency frequently gives rise to disputes over the borders that result from such a division. So does the status of a newly broken-up region. West Papua province is an example of this. Only two years ago it was separated from the Province of Papua as a new province. Then in February its division was proposed in the House of Representatives (DPR) to create Southwes

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