Merauke Residents Spread Red and White Flag to Welcome South Papua Province
The people of Merauke unfurled gigantic Red and White Flag to welcome the New Autonomous Region (DOB) of South Papua Province in the courtyard of the Merauke Regent's Office, Thursday 30 June 2022. Welcoming the Province of South Papua in the new Capital of Merauke (photo: Suara Merauke) In addition to the unfurling of the Red and White Flag, the people of Merauke also held a prayer together in the courtyard of the Sacred Heart Statue and the Merauke Regent's Office. This joint prayer is a form of gratitude for the presence of a new province in the south of Papua. The Coordinator of the Flag Lifting Action, Randika said, today is a historic day for the people of South Papua, because the struggle of 20 years ago has been answered. “People in four regencies, Merauke, Boven Digoel, Mappi and Asmat today should be grateful. As a thank you to the government, we spread the 75-meter-long Red and White Flag, as proof of the presence of the Republic of Indonesia," said Randika. Th