The Role of the Barisan Merah and Putih in Fighting for Legislative Member for Indigenous Papuans

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10.2991/assehr.k.200320.042How to use a DOI?

Keywords

BMP, indigenous Papuans, parliament

Abstract

This article explains the role of the Barisan Merah and Putih (BMP) organization in fighting for legislative members for indigenous Papuans in the Papuan People’s Representative Council (DPRP), as mandated in the Papua special autonomy law. Legislative member for indigenous Papuans who are an affirmative policy, against the background of the low representation of Papuans in government. This paper aims to understand: (1) the background of affirmative seats in the Papua Province legislative body and the presence of the BMP; (2) the interests of the BMP organization towards the quota of legislative members for indigenous Papuans in the DPRP. In this paper, the approach used refers to the type of qualitative research with the case method. Data is based on literature and in-depth interviews with key informants. The results of the study concluded that: (1) the existence of seats for the affirmation of DPRP members was based on the low representation of indigenous Papuans in government, especially in the legislative body. Meanwhile, the controversy between the political elite, society and the government caused the realization of the aforementioned legislative seat to be affirmed, prompting BMP to sruggle for it; (2) BMP’s interest in fighting for the affirmation seat, in addition to increasing the representation of indigenous Papuans in the DPRP, an interest in political power but also as a pro party to the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia in balancing the strong aspirations of disintegration in Papua.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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