House of Representatives (DPR) deputy speaker Fadli Zon and ten members of the House visited Timika, Papua on Thursday, March 15, regarding the implementation of Special Autonomy (Otsus) Law. He is scheduled to meet officials of Freeport Indonesia.
“It is related to the implementation of the Otsus Law, and also related to supervision in other areas including with everything in Papua,” said Fadli Zon, who is also the Otsus Chairman of the Supervisor and Implementation Team of Papua, Aceh, and Yogyakarta.
Fadli said his visit to Timika this time is to see the situation, to receive people’s aspirations and also to directly monitoring the condition in the field including the Freeport.
According to Fadli, he and the other members of the House have received many reports, including labor issues. He said, his presence in Freeport mine area is to solve problems, not to create one.
Fadli Zon hopes that his visit will gain many inputs from all parties. He also hopes he can give input about the required policy.