Politics · Indonesia · 14 hrs ago
Papua Pegunungan asks Indonesia to restore regional funding
Papua Pegunungan is asking Indonesia’s central government for full regional funding transfers to support development.
The province’s regional secretary, Elai Giban, says government spending cuts have reduced those transfers and made it harder to carry out planned projects.
The province has no local revenue of its own, so officials say development depends on funding from the central government.
Education, health and community economic programs are funded through Papua’s special autonomy funds, while road and bridge work uses infrastructure transfers.
Special autonomy funding has also been declining since 2023, making some planned programs harder to deliver.
Officials have asked President Prabowo Subianto to restore the transfers or exempt newer autonomous regions such as Papua Pegunungan from spending cuts.
Without enough transfers, the province says it cannot meet residents’ needs or deliver many development projects.
Papua Pegunungan’s provincial government has asked Indonesia’s central government to restore regional transfer funding, saying cuts are limiting development.
Provincial Secretary Elai Giban said the region has no other funding sources or locally generated revenue to support its development programs.
He said education, health and community economic development rely on Special Autonomy funds, while road and bridge projects rely on Infrastructure Transfer Funds.
Regional planning chief Marthen Kogoya said Special Autonomy funding has declined since it was approved in 2023.
Kogoya urged President Prabowo Subianto to restore regional transfers or exempt certain areas, including Papua Pegunungan, from efficiency measures.
- Who
- Papua Pegunungan provincial officials Elai Giban and Marthen Kogoya.
- What
- They asked Indonesia’s central government to restore regional transfer funding and consider exemptions from funding cuts.
- When
- November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Papua Pegunungan, Indonesia.
- Why
- Officials said the province has no locally generated revenue or other funding sources, and cuts are limiting development programs.
Indonesia’s central government
Papua Pegunungan provincial officials
Funding policy
Indonesia’s central government
The government is implementing efficiency measures that have reduced regional transfer funds.
Papua Pegunungan provincial officials
The province says reduced transfers are limiting development and asks for funding to be restored.
Regional exceptions
Indonesia’s central government
Not stated.
Papua Pegunungan provincial officials
Officials say certain areas, especially newly established autonomous regions such as Papua Pegunungan, should be exempt from efficiency measures.
Special Autonomy funding for Papua Pegunungan was approved.
Marthen Kogoya said the region's Special Autonomy funds have continued to decline.
Elai Giban and Marthen Kogoya called for restored regional transfers and consideration of exemptions from efficiency measures.
- Region
- Papua Pegunungan, Indonesia
- Request
- Restore regional transfer funds (TKD)
- Funding source
- Papua Special Autonomy funds support education, health and community economic development
- Infrastructure funding
- Infrastructure Transfer Funds (DTI) support road and bridge projects
- Special Autonomy funding
- Approved in 2023; said by a regional official to have continued declining since then
What people are saying
We ask for the central government's attention, because development in Papua Pegunungan cannot be funded from other sources besides TKD, including Papua Special Autonomy funds.
Papua Pegunungan has no locally generated revenue. So we depend entirely on central TKD. If TKD is cut, we cannot do more to meet the needs of the people.
The Special Autonomy funds for Papua Pegunungan have also continued to decline since they were approved in 2023.