inp.polri.go.id – Papua Regional Police. On Sunday, September 12, 2021, at 09.15, in the meeting room of Sota Border-Crossing Post (PLBN) in Merauke, Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Human Rights, Mohammad Mahfud MD, and Minister of Home Affairs, Police General (Ret.) Tito Karnavian, inspected the PLBN of Sota.
The arrival of the Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Human Rights and Minister of Home Affairs and their entourage who visited the PLBN of Sota was warmly welcomed by the regent of Merauke and later reported the situation in Sota PLBN, specifically, and Merauke regency, generally.
Regent of Merauke, Romanus Mbaraka, said, “Welcome to Sota PLBN, dear Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Human Rights and Minister of Home Affairs. Warm salute from us, ‘Izakod bekai, izakod kai’. One heart, one goal”.
The event then continued to the development report of Sota PLBN by Public Works and Public Housing Agency and Sota PLBN Administrative Board, opening statement from Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Human Rights and Minister of Home Affairs, and then to the inspection of PLBN from the back to the gateway of PLBN.
Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Human Rights said that Sota PLBN is great for becoming the means of export and import of every commodity and also tourism object. Both of which is for the community’s welfare. “The PLBN would be inaugurated by the President of Indonesia and, once opened, there would be cross-borders that may result in the disturbance of community security and order”, he said.
“Restorative Justice must be prioritised by the three law enforcement agencies in the Republic of Indonesia. The Sota PLBN also has to be secure because this is Indonesia’s border post. Minister of Home Affairs and I would report this to Mr President that the inauguration of PLBN could be conducted in October”, he said.
Minister of Home Affairs said that the acceleration of the expansion of Papua province would be commenced. One of them is the South Papua province, consisting of the Merauke regency, Boven Digoel regency, Mappi regency, and Asmat regency. The designated province capital would be Merauke.
“We will revise Law of Special Autonomy of Papua. In Papua, there has to be development acceleration. This region would be expanded into South Papua province. Even though the planned province only consisting of four regencies, this is the special case for Papua”, he concluded.
