Papuan People: We Are Prosperous with the Special Autonomy Policy
Special Autonomy is a program given to the provinces of Papua and West Papua, so that the government can focus on developing these areas. The development of infrastructure, economy and human resources is a priority for the Indonesian government in realizing equitable development throughout Indonesia. The implementation of Special Autonomy for the Papua and West Papua Provinces based on Law Number 21 of 2001 which has now been revised into Law Number 2 of 2021, is the result of a political compromise between the Papuan people and the central government to resolve the protracted multidimensional conflict since 1962. Through this political compromise, the government is willing to make corrections so as not to repeat various policies and forms of development approaches in the past which were generally not in favor of the Papuan people, and had implications for the marginalization and backwardness of the Papuan people in all areas of development, thus accumulating in the streng