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An OPM spokesperson in Sydney, John Otto Ondawame, says it has nine more or less independent commands. [58] Australian freelance journalist Ben Bohane says it has seven independent commands. [58] Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI), Indonesia's army, says the OPM has two main wings, the 'Victoria Headquarters' and 'Defenders of Truth'.
On 22 March, Radio New Zealand reported that Jeffery Bomanak, the chair of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), stated that the group was willing to negotiate with both the Indonesian Government and TPNPB-OPM to secure the safe release of Mehrtens. Bomanak also urged Indonesia not to launch any military operations that could endanger Mehrtens' life. [32]
The 2024 Indonesian local election law protests, also known as Emergency Alert for Indonesia (Indonesian: Peringatan Darurat Indonesia) or Indonesian Democratic Emergency (Indonesian: Indonesia Darurat Demokrasi), [28] were public and student-led demonstrations against the House of Representatives for drafting a bill on regional head elections (Pilkada) that contradicts the Constitutional ...
This page is a non-exhaustive list of notable individuals and organisations who endorsed individual candidates for the 2024 Indonesian presidential election.Politicians are noted with their party origin or political affiliation should they come from parties not part of the candidate's coalition.
The Indonesian National Police said that 4,992 personnel would be deployed to secure the counting of votes. [126] As Indonesia's territory stretches across three time zones, voting began at 7:00 am in each time zone and closed at 01:00 pm., beginning at 22:00 GMT (13 February) in Papua and ending at 06:00 GMT (14 February) in Sumatra. [58]
Indonesia is regularly accused of human rights abuses, including attacks on OPM-sympathetic civilians and detaining those who raise the Morning Star flag under accusations of treason. [ 35 ] As a result of the transmigration program , which since 1969 has included migration to Papua, about half of inhabitants of Indonesian Papua are migrants ...
Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia's newly inaugurated president, formed a 109-member Cabinet, the largest since 1966, aiming to build a strong and inclusive government. His plans focus on accelerating economic growth to 8% and launching initiatives like increased defense spending and free meal programs for children.
The Indonesia omnibus law protests (previously known as omnibus bill protests and referred colloquially as the omnibus law protests or anti-omnibus law protests; Indonesian: unjuk rasa tolak omnibus law) were a series of demonstrations and civil disorder against Indonesia's Omnibus Law on Job Creation which was passed on 5 October 2020 as well ...