The failure of the ULMWP (the United Liberation Movement of West Papua) in its effort to be recognized as the full member of MSG (the Melanesian Spearhead Group) has marked the failure of the Papuan Separatist to bring the Papuan issue internationally.

In the meantime domestically the armed insurgency of the Freedom Movement of Papua has also indicating its difficulty in the buildup of the armed power, both personally and logistically. The regeneration in the framework of the insurgent power build up has definitely faced the difficulty, since those young Papuan generation tend not to be attracted to live in the jungle for battle.  

In the mean time in term of the logistics of the battle, the capability of the Freedom Movement of Papua to develop its new weapon and armed equipment is also not easy one. However the number of educated young generation of Papuan are increasing and they are potential to be influenced to become political activists who are active in the city and the urban areas.  

Beny Wenda who claimed as the Chairman of the ULMWP (the United Liberation Movement of West Papua) is living in London and Ones N Suhuniap who claimed as the Secretary General of the National Commission of West Papua (KNPB) are among those educated young generation of Papuan people who are active politically to build up the spirit of separatism among the Papuan people in general especially those of young generation.

Ones N Suhuniap is may be living somewhere in Papua or abroad. Papuan  Separatist with the Independence of Papua as the Ending Goal is now the only issue left and becoming the battle - cry of the Papuan Separatist.

Concurrently the less tense situation of the present time of the Papuan issue is the chance of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to  show to the Papuan that Papuan is actually to have been the Independent Ethnic, Papuan to have been the Independent Nation and the Papuan to have been  Independent People of the World.

Papua and Papuan is definitely not colonized Country and People. As the regional Country the part of the Republic of Indonesia, Papua and the Papuan are definitely the Free Country and Nation.

This phrases is intended to remind earnestly the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to fulfill  urgently its policy on the new autonomous of Papua to convince the Papuan that Papua and the Papuan  are the independent nation, Papua and the Papuan are not colonized by the Government of Indonesia and Papua is the regional country of the Republic of Indonesia.

The Background Situation of Papua recently

Presently the political tension of Papua is relatively reducing, there has not yet the new action of the separatist after the failure of the ULMWP diplomatic movement in the Summit of MSG in Solomon at the middle of the last July 2016.

There is no any political statement of the ULMWP or the KNPB (the National Commission of West Papua) after its defeat in Solomon, it seems likely the failure of the ULMWP in the MSG Summit Conference in Solomon has been really the dramatic defeat of the ULMWP internationally. The conclusion of the MSG that the ULMWP did not represent any Government but just only the local NGO have likely blown  dramatically the existence and the role of the ULMWP.  

However the dramatic risk of the diplomatic struggle of the ULMWP in the MSG likely to have been also calculated by Ones N  Suhuniap, before the decision of MSG was made on July 13, 2016. Ones N Suhuniap though looked like as the combatant but he is likely one of the important existing intellectual leader of the Freedom Movement of Papua presently after Beny Wenda.

To face the possible dramatic risk of the diplomatic movement of the ULMWP, Ones N Suhuniap had written openly the message to the Papuan people especially  the members of KNPB (the National Commission of West Papua), consisted of a number of messages mainly:

The Papuan has to increase its spirit to fight the Indonesian Colonialist

The Papuan fighting against the suppressive action,  the slavery and the discrimination done by the Indonesian Colonialist is definitely very true struggle of the Papuan. Ones N Suhuniap said, All the risk affected by the struggle against the Indonesia Colonialist has to be faced with smile and Papuan patriotic. There are three challenges in the struggle against the  Indonesia Colonialist, namely to be killed, to be jailed or to be put as the wanted person by the Police of the Indonesian colonialist in Papua.

Finally Ones N Suhuniap said that the Papuan has to be ready to face what will happen on July 13,  2016,  I shout to all of my friend of the members of KNPB (the National Commission of West Papua) to be always ready to launch the total War against the Indonesian Colonialist. The leaflet written by Ones N Suhuniap was disbursed on July 11, in Jayapura before the MSG Summit Conference in Solomon decided to reject the appeal by the ULMWP  to become the full member of MSG on July 13, 2016.

There is no other indication showing what is the urgent goal of the remarks made by Ones Suhuniap with his writing but to agitate the Papuan people continuing the struggle to separate from Indonesia.

Apparently there was also information published by the Papuapost com on July 12, 2016 saying that The Papuan Self Determination Process of 1969 was not the final history of the Papuan struggle to decolonize Papua from the Indonesian colonized power.  

Ones N Suhuniap said the Indonesian could decolonize the Dutch Power, the American decolonize the British power, and also Malaysia decolonized the British power, why could not the Papuan decolonize Papua from the Indonesian colonialist.

Beside of that the Government Program to solve the Human right Violation namely the case of Wasior (2001) and Painai (2004) are definitely becoming seriously sensitive issue in the coming month.

Conclusion

The failure of the ULMWP's effort to become the full member of MSG (the Melanesian Spearhead Group) will temporarily make the issue of Papua to decrease internationally.

However the appearance of a number of Papuan educated and intellectual figures such as Ones N Suhuniap it is predicted the issue of separatism will be still existing and to make the incidental  situation of Papua critical.

The possible lack of armed and political separatism activities in Papua, should be urgently utilized by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to speed up to finalize the Bill on the Special Autonomy of Papua to become Law.

The House of Representative of the Republic of Indonesia is expected to understand the urgency to finalize soon the Bill of the Papuan development as the legal mean to urgently develop the Papua. To kill the separatism idea of Papua from the Indonesian is to be definitely the Peace and Prosperity of the Province of West Papua to be materialized very soon.

Likely the Peaceful and Prosperity of the both  Provinces of Papua should be urgently materialized  within one or two more Papuan regeneration, then it could be expected the separatism idea of among the Papuan people will no more existing.

The history of the Quebec separatism in Canada and the Separatism of Scotlandia in the United Kingdom may become the reference of the Papuan educated and intellectual Papuan now and in the years to come.
The Papuan has to believe that the Indonesian Government is the true mother country of the Papuan people, The Republic of the Indonesia is not the colonial power.
           
*) Written by the Political and Security Observer.

Pewarta: Otjih Sewandarijatun *)

Editor : Naryo


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