Recently The military wing of the separatist Free Papua Movement (TPN-OPM) said it welcomed dialogue with Jakarta as long as an international organization, preferably the UN, acted as the mediator. The leader of the military wing, general Thadius Jhoni Kimema Jopari Magai Yogi, said they would reject talks if Jusuf Kalla mediated. “On behalf of the entire TPN-OPM leadership in western Papua, we refuse to participate in a Jakarta-Papua dialogue if the mediator is the government of Indonesia. We will participate in the dialogue if the mediator is an international institution, preferably the UN. We will magnanimously accept any outcome of such a dialogue. If such a dialogue takes place, the most important problem to discuss is the flawed integration, not special autonomy, development, money or formation of new regions, which will create new conflicts.
The statement makes all stakeholders in Papua and Jakarta confuse, what they want? Independence or make Papua still in conflict, while all Papuan hopefully dialog Jakarta – Papua will solve all problems in Papua. in spite of the Indonesian government's offer of a special autonomy package and various other efforts to win "hearts and minds" of Papuans but on the other hand there is a growing separatist movement in Papua. OPM try to take this strategy to take pay attention’s international community.
First of all, its members often resort to acts of open defiance deliberately designed to provoke the security forces to retaliate. When this tactic proves successful, violent clashes occur, with obvious negative consequences.
Secondly, separatism is driven by allegations that genocide and ethnic cleansing are taking place in Papua. On this particular issue, so far there are at least two studies and two Papuan activist in exile alleging the existence of genocide and ethnic cleansing.
The first is by Benny Wenda, Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC), in Oxford, England, Second, Jacob Rumbiak West Papua National Authority (WPNA), Australia, third the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School, and the Fourth is a study by the West Papua Project of the University of Sydney. This new strategy is tantamount to a "time bomb". At any moment, it can yield results, particularly if violence occurs as a result of provocation.
On the basis of these considerations, we should seek, even at some cost, to find alternative approaches and in particular, examine the nonviolent solutions to the complex contemporary problems in Papua. The strategy of restraint and to continue to educate the military and police on human rights are vital in this respect. All efforts can counter negative from separatist movement group in exile about Indonesia.
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