{"id":2037,"date":"2024-01-12T16:14:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2024-01-12T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:14:42","slug":"west-papuan-call-to-boycott-indonesian-elections-and-reclaim-sovereigntyreclaim-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/?p=2037","title":{"rendered":"West Papuan call to boycott Indonesian elections and \u2018reclaim sovereignty\u2019\u2018reclaim sovereignty\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The ULMWP congress in Jayapura last November . . . “Indonesia\u2019s illegal rule over our mountains, forests, and sacred places must be rejected in the strongest possible terms.” Image: ULMWP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Asia Pacific Report<\/em><\/p>\n

The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared a boycott of the Indonesian elections next month and has called on Papuans to \u201cnot bow down to the system or constitution of your Indonesian occupier\u201d.<\/p>\n

The movement\u2019s president Benny Wenda and prime minister Edison Waromi have announced in a joint statement rejecting the republic\u2019s national ballot scheduled for February 14<\/a> that: \u201cWest Papuans do not need Indonesia\u2019s elections \u2014 [our] people have already voted.\u201d<\/p>\n

They were referring to the first ULMWP congress<\/a> held within West Papua last November in which delegates directly elected their president and prime minister.<\/p>\n