POLITIK HUKUM PEMBERIAN OTONOMI KHUSUS KEPADA PROVINSI PAPUA BERDASARKAN UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 21 TAHUN 2001 TENTANG PEMBERIAN OTONOMI KHUSUS BAGI PAPUA Jo UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 2 TAHUN 2021 TENTANG PERUBAHAN KEDUA ATAS UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 21 TAHUN 2001 TENTANG OTONOMI KHUSUS BAGI PROVINSI PAPUA

Abstract

In accordance with the mandate of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic
of Indonesia as a unitary state adheres to the principle of decentralization in the administration of
government by providing opportunities for regional expansion to implement regional autonomy. The
special autonomy policy is not only linked to the goal of realizing public welfare by bringing public
services closer, it is also to encourage the process of democratization and wider public participation,
and also to strengthen regional capacities and responsibilities in solving local problems with all their
potential and creativity. owned by the regions, which is also associated with the aim of maintaining
and strengthening the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. Law Number 21 of 2001 concerning
Special Autonomy for the Papua Province theoretically has not been able to solve local problems in
the region. In one answer, following special autonomy, to give great attention to the development of
indigenous Papuans, affirmation of indigenous Papuans cultural identity, provides a large space for
exercising local authority, but on the other hand it can be a kind of institutionalization of further
strengthening of Papuan nationalism, in the sense of to continue to strengthen the spirit of
nationalism and Papuan ethnic identity, which may be counterproductive with the aim of
strengthening nationalist sentiments and Indonesian identity.
Furthermore, the methodology used in this research is normative legal research, and is
analyzed qualitatively using legal politics theory and local government theory. In drawing a
conclusion, the writer uses inductive thinking method.
Based on this research, it can be concluded that the effectiveness of the Papua Special
Program The autonomy policy in terms of education, health, economic, cultural and religious aspects
has not been effective and the implementation of the Papua Special Autonomy Law policy has not
been implemented properly.
Keywords: Legal Politics, Special Autonomy, Papua