PEMEKARAN DAERAH PROVINSI PAPUA BERDASARKAN UNDANG – UNDANG NOMOR 23 TAHUN 2014 TENTANG PEMERINTAHAN DAERAH

Abstract

Regional expansion is considered a solution to accelerate development and bring public, social, and economic services closer to the community. The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia provides a constitutional basis for regional autonomy policies, including the formation of New Autonomous Regions (DOB) as occurred in 2022 with the birth of three new provinces in Papua: South Papua, Central Papua, and Papua Mountains. The Indonesian House of Representatives stated that the expansion aims to equalize development, accelerate services, and strengthen the role of customary areas. However, this policy has drawn pros and cons among the Papuan people. The purpose of this study is to determine the plan to implement the regional expansion of Papua Province in terms of Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government and the plan to establish the New Autonomous Region of Papua in terms of the principle of public participation. The results of the study show that regional formation can be carried out through regional expansion or merger. However, regional expansion often presents challenges, such as weaknesses in the quality of the apparatus, natural resource management capacity, and less than optimal improvement in community welfare. Nevertheless, regional expansion, including in Papua, is carried out to accelerate equitable development, improve public services, and raise the dignity of indigenous Papuans by considering political, legal, socio-cultural, economic aspects, as well as community aspirations..

Keywords: Regional Expansion, Regional Autoommy Policies, Papua