Wed, 05/16/2007 - 11:44 — Sentral Info AMP

By Revd. Socratez Sofyan Yoman
President of the Fellowship of West Papuan Baptist Churches
West Papua, 13th April 2007

The reason for the birth of Law 21, year 2001 on Special Autonomy for native West Papuans came as a result of political bargaining between the Indonesian and West Papuan people. This resulting Law was very valuable because it came out of 40 years of demanding by the West Papuans for self-determination. The basic reasons for self-determination (the opportunity for Papuans to choose independence) are as follows: