Text your say: Free West Papua office

Fri, May 10 2013

Papua brouhaha: A group of people from the National Youth Guard rally outside the British Embassy in Central Jakarta to protest at the opening of Free West Papua office in Oxford, UK. The protesters urged the British government on Tuesday to close the separatist group office.(Antara/Dhoni Setiawan)

Your comments on the government’s statement objecting to the establishment of the Free West Papua office in Oxford, UK, on April 28, although the UK government said it did not represent the country’s policy.

Indonesia is not Indonesia without Papua. Objecting the establishment of the so-called Free West Papua office in Oxford, UK, will not solve the problem.

Providing Papuans with infrastructure and increase the prosperity of its people will help ease the situation and win its people’s hearts. After all they are still our countrymen. It is our country’s duty to provide all of its countrymen with the equal chance of prosperity.

AJ Lienardi
Bandung

So, what’s the difference between Aceh’s flag and the West Papua’s office — here the flag is legal a court chief says – and there an office is strongly objected according to the government.

Charlotte Woerner
Ubud

The UK government is well within its rights to permit a West Papua office on its land. We should not read too much into this.

Manohar Virmani
Jakarta

It will be final when West Papua has won freedom from their colonialists. The Dutch handed a colony to Indonesia.

As an example the Germans had to hand the colony of Papua New Guinea to Australia who then later gave the colony (it was a colony under Australian rule) independence.

Do you not see the same parallel with East Timor? And they at least are the same race of people.

Brien

If the United Nations would say when and if or how Papua became part of Indonesia then there would be overseas support. Will President Yudhoyono ask the UN to do that?

Andrew Johnson

Indonesia we should unite. These people don’t care about you! They are the same lords that sell opium. They and their spy friends are always lurking to split the country into two or three. It’s time to ban British goods from Indonesia, time to bring our children home from the country.

Alibaba
It is news we really don’t like. But do not waste our energy on the matter. Look back and see what’s good have we done to the province and what other things do they have not got but really need. Have we done enough for their well-being?

Eddy Arjuna Zainy


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