Selasa, 26 Februari 2008

KEMBALINYA RASA NASIONALISME RAKYAT PAPUA

Pepatah tua mengatakan "seenak enaknya negeri orang lebih enak dinegeri sendiri" ternyata memang benar. Terbukti pada 23 Pebruari 2008 lalu dua putra terbaik Papua Nocholas Simion Messet dan Franzalbert Joku merayakan syukuran atas kembali menjadi warga negara Indonesia setelah berjuang selama 40 tahun, akhirnya menyadari bahwa Papua perlu dibangun dan diberdayakan masyarakatnya.

Ketua II DPR Papua, Paskalis Kossy, S.Pd, MM dalam sambutannya mengatakan keputusan yang telah diambil keduanya (Franzalbert Yoku dan Nicholas Simion Messet) dan pemerintah Indonesia, sudah betul dan sangat positif. Ini bisa untuk membuka wawasan berpikir bagi orang Papua, khususnya bagi mereka yang telah lama meninggalkan tanah air. Sesungguhnya bukan hanya Nick Messet dan Franz Joku saja yang sudah berkeinginan untuk kembali ke tanah air, tapi banyak warga Papua lainnya yang merantau di luar negeri ingin kembali ke tanah air. Namun, karena prosesnya tidak semudah 'membalikkan tangan', maka sebagian dari mereka mengurungkan niatnya untuk kembali menjadi WNI. Untuk itu pihaknya berharap agar pemerintah pusat bisa memberikan kelonggaran-kelonggaran bagi mereka yang ingin kembali ikut membangun tempat kelahirannya di Papua.


Pemecahan masalahah Papua dapat diselesaikan antara RAkyat bersama pemerintah Daerah bekerja bersama dan berupata untuk menghilangkan saling curiga dan serius mewujudkan "clean governance", dapat menjadi upaya untuk meyakinkan pemerintah pusat, sehingga tidak lagi ada campur tangan. Untuk itu diharapkan kembalinya kedua tokoh Papua tersebut dapat menjadi panutan generasi muda Papua untuk berjuang dan membangun Papua dan bukan sebaliknya hanya memikirkan merdeka dan merdeka. Saya yakin slogan itu hanyalah ungkapan emosional yang dibangun oleh kelompok kepentingan yang ingin mengambil keuntungan dari isu kemerdekaan Papua. Hai Saudaraku, janganlah terjebak dan terlalu mudah dalam ungkapan "merdeka" karena andaikanpun merdeka belum tentu makmur dan sejahtera. Terbukti sekarang banyak bantuan dana ke Papua dan dikelolah oleh orang Papua masih belum menyentuh masyarakat Papua yang berdiam di pelosok daerah yang masih saja miskin dan belum makmur.

Cobalah untuk menyadari untuk apa merdeka jika masih sengsara, oleh karena itu menghimbau Beny Wenda, Mathias Wenda dan Siapaun yang masih diluar negeri bulatkanlah tekad untuk kembali dan bersama-sama membangun tanah Papua yang kaya untuk menggapai masa depan yang lebih baik.



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KEMBALINYA RASA NASIONALISME RAKYAT PAPUA

Senin, 25 Februari 2008

Papuans holding foreign citizenship resume status as Indonesians

On february 23, 2008, was held in Sentani, Jayapura district, Papua province, Two Papuan indigeneous, Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simon Messet who were formerly Papua New Guinean and Swedish citizens repectively have officially resumed their status as Indonesian nationals. Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simion regained the status of Indonesian citizenship after their proposals on the matter were approved by the Indonesian government through the decree of the Law and Human Rights Minister on November 29, 2007.

On the occasion, Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simion received the documents on the decree of the Law and Human Rights Minister from Alwi Hamu, an expert staff member of Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simion Messet have showed good examples to their Papuan brothers and sisters who are still abroad and expected to follow suit, Alwi said. "I agree with the Papuan sons` saying -- better a shower of stones at home than a shower of gold abroad (there`s no place like home)," Alwi said. He said the wish of the sons from Indonesia`s easternmost province to resume Indonesian citizenship after they became foreign citizens for tens of years was hailed by the Indonesdian government and people. When they met Vice President Jusuf Kalla to express their intention to return to Indonesia, the vice president directly asked his expert staff member to handle the matter. Alwi said ten minutes before the function, the vice president asked him to send congratulatory message to Franzalbert Joku and Nicholas Simion Messet.

Meanwhile, Franzalbert Joku said the ministerial decree was the Indonesian government`s right measure in an effort to cope with Papuan issues and deal with the Papuan development within the Unitary State of Indonesia. "Today, I and my brother Nicholas Simion Messet conclude a long trip both in terms of distance and time as well as political perspective," he said. "We close an historical story of our life which was full of good and bad experiences. Now we are resolved to begin a new trip despite a lot of challenges we will face in the future," he said. Franzalbert Joku said he had been abroad and become a PNG citizen for 40 years and Messet had been in Sweden and become Swedish citizen for 38 years. "After observing the real condition in Indonesia and the international political climate, we decided to return home forever. We believe Indonesia will be better, more democratic, free, prosperous and peacful in the future," he said.

As new Indonesian citizens, they are resolved to be loyal to the government and the country in general and to the Papuan people in particular. The process of reforms and democracy has made changes but there are also many things to fight for in an effort to create true justice, peace and prosperity besides making the Indonesian people afraid of God and strengthening the country`s dignity. We hope next papuan generation can do something for their homeland and developing together to reach prosperity in Papua.