Special autonomy in Indonesia

In 2001, the government Indonesia N promulgated 2 laws: the law No 18 bearing " special autonomy for the province of the special territory of Aceh like province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam" and the law bearing No 21 " special autonomy for the province of Papua".

The law No 18 of 2001

The law No 21 of 2001

This law No 21 carries " special autonomy for the province of Papua ".

It establishes that the name of the province, in the past “Irian Jaya”, is called from now on “Papua” (article 1, subparagraph a).

“Special autonomy” is defined as being “a special authority recognized and granted to the province of Papua to regulate and manage the interests of the local population according to its own initiative on the basis of of the aspirations and basic rights of the population of Papua” (article 1, subparagraph b).

The “Conseil of the people papou” is defined as being “a cultural representation of the autochtones of Papua, which has certain an authority within the framework of the protection of the rights of the autochtones of Papua” (article 1, subparagraph G).

The law recognizes with the province the right to have emblems of the territory, “cultural symbol of the identity of Papous, in the form of a flag and an anthem which are not founded like symbols of sovereignty” (article 1, subparagraph H).

The subdivision of a Kabupaten (department) or of a Kota (city), called before kecamatan , is called from now on a “ distrik ”.

A “ kampung ” (village) or any other denomination is a “legal unit of population having authority to regulate and manage the interests of the local population on the basis of local habit recognized in the system of national government” (article 1, subparagraph L).

The habit ( adat ) is defined as being “the practices recognized, observed and institutionalized by the local population in an ancestral way” (article 1, subparagraph O).

A “traditional community” ( masyarakat adat ) is “an indigenous population of Papua which lives on a territory and is bound and obeys a certain habit in a feeling of strong solidarity between its members” (article 1, subparagraph p).

A “Autochtone” ( orang asli ) of Papua is “a person originating in the Race Mélanésien consisted the ethnicities ( suku ) originating in the province of Papua and/or a person accepted and recognized by a traditional community of Papua” (article 1, subparagraph T).

“The province of Papua, as a part of the unit State of the Republic of Indonesia, uses the Red and White like flag of State and “Indonesia Raya” like national anthem” (article 2, subparagraph 1).

See too

Internal bonds

regional Autonomy in Indonesia

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