The Constitutional Court (MK) cut rejects petition for Law Number 14 Year 2013 regarding Amendment Act No. 56 of 2008 concerning Tambrauw district Establishment in the province of West Papua. Petition in the case 105/PUU-XI/2013 was filed by indigenous peoples and shoves Regent and 4/PUU-XII/2014 case filed by indigenous peoples and Manokwari Regent.

In consideration of the pronunciation of the verdict was read at the trial of the two cases, on Wednesday (02/26/2014), the Court considered the purpose of the Petitioners is that 4/PUU-XII/2014 Moraid District, which was originally in Sorong regency, which was then at the request of Major Maurits and his friends were granted by the Court in ruling number 127/PUU-VII/2009, so the District Moraid included in the scope of Tambrauw district. Now at the request of the Petitioners request that this time the District Moraid returned into the coverage area of ​​Sorong Regency, West Papua Province.

According to the Court, entry of Moraid District Sorong Regency in the expansion area Tambraw District as provided in the Act is very dependent on the effectiveness and efficiency of an objective in carrying out government functions to regional development and the best possible service to the community. It has been considered by the Court in the Constitutional Court Decision No. 127/PUU-VII/2009, dated January 25, 2010.

While against the Petitioners in their petition requested that 105/PUU-XI/2013 Amberbaken District, District Kebar, Senopi District, and District Mubrani from Manokwari regency removed from Tambraw and forming new districts, namely West Manokwari, the Court held that not the authority of the Court because under Article 18 paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution, the establishment of a new regional authority of the law makers.

Previous The petitioners questioned the inclusion of a number of districts of the two districts in the expansion area as set based Tambraw District Law No. 14 of 2013 that established by the House of Representatives (DPR) which amend Law No. 56 Year 2008 on the Establishment of Tambrauw district in the province of West Papua, based on the decision of the Court in Case Number 127/PUU-VII/2009. The applicant this time assessing the Petitioners in Case Number 127/PUU-VII/2009 have committed fraud on behalf of themselves as indigenous leaders , with the reason for the applicant from Sorong and Manokwari District requested that their territory into the district restored Tambraw to the district of origin. (Ilham/mh)