Extension of Additional Papua Special Autonomy Funds
The Minister of Finance of Indonesia, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, proposed to continue the provision of the Special Autonomy Fund or Otsus for Papua and West Papua for the next 20 years or until 2041. This proposal was included in the Revision of Law Number 21 of 2001 on Papua's Special Autonomy . In addition to continuing the Special Autonomy for Papua and West Papua, Sri Mulyani said that the government will also increase the amount of the Special Autonomy Budget allocation for the two provinces, which has so far been 2% of the General Allocation Fund (DAU) being increased to 2.2%. “The estimated special autonomy fund is 2 times bigger than the special autonomy fund for the last 20 years amounting to Rp 101.2 trillion” Sri Mulyani added that if the budget increase is approved, the total funds that the government needs to channel to Papua and West Papua through the DAU will be Rp 234.6 trillion over the next 20 years. However, he stressed that this additional budget