Timika, Papua (ANTARA) – Commander of the XVII/Cenderawasih Regional Military Command, Maj.Gen. Ignatius Yogo Triyono, visited Timika, Papua Province on Tuesday to review the construction of facilities for the 2021 National Games (PON) and National Para Games (Peparnas).
Shortly after arriving at the capital of Mimika District, Triyono and his entourage headed to the 3/SC Cavalry Detachment headquarters to review the progress of construction of two accommodation facilities for volleyball athletes and officials from participating provinces.
Triyono also reviewed the construction of the athletes village and other supporting facilities to ensure that they all would be completed as targeted, operations assistant at the XVII/Cenderawasih Regional Military Command, Col.Surya Wibawa Suparman, said.
The National Games (PON) will be held in Jayapura City and the districts of Jayapura, Merauke, and Mimika from October 2 – October 15, 2021.
Selected athletes and officials from across Indonesian provinces are scheduled to participate in the national sporting event, which will cover 37 sporting disciplines, including athletics, Tarung derajat or West Javan martial arts, handball, sport climbing, futsal, aeromodelling, and judo.
Regarding the convening of the PON, the top brass of the National Police have highlighted that the security situation in Papua remains conducive ahead of the country’s largest multi-sport event.
“The National Games will be held as scheduled,” National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Rusdi Hartono stated last April.
The Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) and National Police are readying a security plan to ensure the Papua PON National Games are scheduled as held, he said.
Armed Papuan groups have continued to disrupt law and security in several areas, but the police and army personnel are ably handling their acts of violence, Hartono noted.
Security personnel stationed in Papua, including those from the Nemangkawi Task Force, are striving to maintain security to ensure that conditions in the province remain conducive, he remarked.
Over the past few years, armed Papuan groups have used hit-and-run tactics against Indonesian security personnel and unleashed acts of terror against civilians in the districts of Intan Jaya, Nduga, and Puncak to create fear among the people.
The recent targets of their violence have included construction workers, motorcycle taxi (ojek) drivers, teachers, students, street food vendors, and even civilian aircraft.
Source: Antara News