Bung Ambon kalau masalah Freeport saya kurang tau juga tuh. Ngeri juga kasih komen ngak ndak tau masalah.
Salam damai, --- In [email protected], "Ambon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pegolahan kekayaa alam mendatangkan pendapatan yang besar, sebagai contoh > hanya pajak dan deviden yang diterima dari Freeport untuk tahun 2005 adalah > US$ 1 milyar + US$ 40 juta untuk pembangunan masyarakat. Sekalipun > pendapatan yang begitu besar, tetapi 80% dari penduduk Papua hidup dibawah > garis kemiskinan, rata-rata anak dibawah umur 10 tahun mengalami penyakit > Hepatit A. Benarkah bisa happy dengan perut lapar melihat pencuri, perampok > dan bandit mengambil harta kekayaan dari rumahnya? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M Ikhsan Modjo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 4:11 AM > Subject: [ppiindia] West Papuans are happy to be Indonesians > > > > Satu artikel dari Harian The Age Australian yang ditulis oleh Wahid > > Supriyadi, Konjen Indonesia di Melbourne. Sekaligus Duta Besar > > Australia dan Menteri Luar Negeri Indonesia masa depan. Pak Wahid ini > > seorang diplomat karir dan satu saja dari segelintir diplomat kita > > yang cakap menulis dan luwes masuk ke setiap golongan masyarakat. > > > > http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/04/09/1144521206369.html > > > > West Papuans are happy to be Indonesians > > > > > > By M. Wahid Supriyadi > > April 10, 2006 > > > > THE granting of temporary protection visas to 42 West Papuans has > > given new ammunition to anti-Indonesian activists. Old issues such as > > genocide, human rights abuse and the legitimacy of the Act of Free > > Choice (whereby West Papua became a part of Indonesia) have once again > > reared their heads thanks to the arrival of 43 Papuan asylum seekers > > in Australia. Let me set the record straight. > > > > In 1935, the population of West Papua was about 700,000. By 2000, > > however, the population was 2,220,034. Between 1980 and 1990 the > > average population growth was 3.34 per cent, well above the national > > level of 1.74 per cent. From 1990 to 2000, population growth of 3.22 > > per cent was recorded in West Papua, still well above the national > > level of 1.49 per cent for the period. It is true that migrants > > account for a significant slice of this increase in population, but > > that is the national trend throughout Indonesia. > > > > How can anyone accept claims that genocide has been occurring when the > > facts so obviously indicate otherwise? Let alone when we remember that > > we are living in the 21st century, in an age of global communications, > > when not a single untoward death in West Papua could possibly go > > unnoticed by the world's media. > > > > The recent general election in West Papua province was relatively > > peaceful. About 1.1 million people, or more than 90 per cent of those > > eligible to vote, took part in the election that saw Barnabas Saebu > > become Governor-elect with roughly 30 per cent of the vote. This > > result indicates that, despite allegations to the contrary, the vast > > majority of West Papuans independently choose to exercise their right > > to vote without any government or military pressure. > > > > Since the downfall of Soeharto in 1998, Indonesia has been steadily > > transforming itself into the world's third-biggest democracy. In 2004 > > general elections were held in a peaceful and democratic fashion and, > > for the first time, the nation directly elected its president. Since > > its democratic transformation, Indonesia has established its own > > Commission for Human Rights, empowered to ensure that human rights are > > upheld throughout Indonesia. Any claims of human rights abuses by the > > 43 Papuans recently landed in Australia could be addressed through > > this independent body. > > > > Allegations that the "Act of Free Choice", by which West Papua became > > part of the Indonesian nation, was somehow illegitimate are also > > without merit. The act was a historic political exercise, involving a > > series of consultations with tribal councils over a period of several > > months during 1969, whereby 1025 Papuan tribal chiefs voted for their > > territory to be reintegrated into Indonesia. This approach was > > selected as being the most appropriate given the logistical > > difficulties created by the region's geography, and local political > > circumstances that dictated that tribal chiefs spoke for and expressed > > the will of their native communities. The exercise drew extra > > credibility from the fact that it was carried out in accordance with > > the New York Agreement struck between Indonesia and the Netherlands. > > The final seal of legitimacy, however, came from the United Nations' > > decision, based on a report by the UN Secretary-General, to recognise > > West Papua as a part of Indonesian territory. > > > > Accusations that the absence of a "one man, one vote" referendum on > > decolonisation made this process of determination invalid are entirely > > spurious. > > > > Finally, the inclusion of West Papua into Indonesia also accords with > > the principle of international law "uti possidetis juris" that holds > > that the boundaries of post-colonial states conform with their > > pre-colonial borders. > > > > As to the argument that West Papua's Melanesian population makes it > > intrinsically dissimilar to the rest of Indonesia, it is important to > > recognise that Indonesia is home to about 12 million Melanesians, only > > about 1.4 million of whom live in Papua. Indonesia in fact boasts the > > largest Melanesian population of any country in the world. Moreover, > > almost all of the world's nations are comprised of different ethnic > > groups. Australia is home to people of more than 140 different > > ethnicities, yet ethnic difference per se does not generally imply a > > separate and distinct political identity either here or in Indonesia. > > > > In response to aspersions that West Papua is the target of a > > deliberate policy of Javanisation or Islamisation, I feel it is > > imperative to point out that the majority of Papuans still hold to > > their traditional beliefs, while Christianity and Islam are both > > embraced by significant numbers and have been since before the > > republic was established. Religious life in Indonesia has long been > > characterised by tolerance, despite the fact that 87 per cent of the > > population are Muslim. It is true that West Papua has absorbed > > significant numbers of transmigrants, as have other parts of Indonesia > > such as Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. However not all these > > transmigrants have been Javanese, with many originating from Bali and > > Sulawesi. And there is nothing sinister about this policy; Java is a > > tiny island about a quarter of the size of West Papua, yet it is home > > to 140 million people, hence the pressure to move can be considerable. > > To look at the question from a different perspective; significant > > numbers of those living on Java are not Javanese, yet there's been no > > talk of ethnic groups from other islands "invading" Java. > > > > Given all this information, claims that the people of West Papua are > > subject to systematic oppression by the Indonesian Government are > > clearly fundamentally without merit, reflecting in certain instances > > the political designs of a small, self-serving minority. > > > > M. 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