Photo: Papua map, source: Papuanewsid
By : TW Deora
Since August 19th, 2019, social riots had been happened in several places in Manokwari, West Papua. Its had been happened because its had been triggered by several mass organization had been rebuked at Papua’s student compound in Kalasan street, East Java.
Those facts had done because previously on social media had been delivered a short movie about unknown Papua’s student who was allegedly tearing up Merah Putih flag and thrown it to water drain at Papua’s student compound in Kalasan. Papua’s student had been angry because mass crowd had been chanted “racist statement”.
Politically, social riots in Manokwari had not been single factor pushed. We must alert on the interest group which was supported Benny Wenda’s and colleagues maneuver scenario. It make sense because previously on August 13 to August 16, 2019 in Tuvalu had been held Pasific Island Forum (PIF) and on these occasion Benny Wenda who came as part of Vanuatu’s delegates had been succeeded provocating all PIF delegates about human rights violence issue and other strategic issue in West Papua. The statement of Wenda who took “Freedom of Oxford” did not under estimate because the leader of ULMWP has good political communication including Wenda has potential to be professional provocateur.
Benny Wenda is political renegade and who was escaped from Jayapura’s penitentiary before his trial will do. Wenda’s presence at PIF forum in Vanuatu is aiming to push Papua’s independence issue to the United Nations, but Wenda’s maneuver had been taken resistence and unhospitality responds which came from Australia’s delegates and Indonesia’s delegates. The Australian government has supported Papua is a part of Indonesia’s territorial.
Several political pundits had been predicted that Benny Wenda will always promote Papua’s independence issue before the United Nations General Assembly which will do on September 2019 in New York, United States of America. Because of that, Indonesia must prepare to counter and reject whatever Wenda’s opinion and Indonesia’s apparatus who have worked in USA must anticipate in order to Wenda did not have any access to come to the next UN general assembly.
I think Manokwari’s social riots had been planned to make chaotic situation because the day of social riots had been happened, it is the day of dehumanization so Manokwari’s social accident could be gained an international communities attention. We must acknowledge that several interest group who are supporting Papua’s independence issues including Benny Wenda are professional social riots actors. Previously, Wenda was supported West Papua Army eventhough we can understand that essentially the internal condition at TPN/OPM army organization did not coordinate well because between their military commander have individual rivalry to be the high boss.
Strategically, Jokowi’s administration must do and implement all of their development plan in Papua. Similar to thing, all of national stakeholder must maintain our lovely attitude to Papua’s people because Papua is our, Our are Papua. Until the judgement day, Papua will be side by side with Indonesia. We do not want Papua will walk alone.
*) The writer is Papua’s observer.
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