JAYAPURA - Chef de Mission (Cdm) III and Delegation Registration Meeting (DRM) PON XX 2021, in Jayapura City, officially opened by Papua Governor Lukas Enembe, Thursday (08/26/2021).

In front of all KONI of Indonesia, Lukas ensured that Papua is very ready to hold the quadrennial National Sports event.

"We declare Papua is very ready to implement National Sports Week 2021. This will bring a new nuance to us in Papua," Governor Lukas said in his speech.

Lukas on that occasion highlighted the decline in the budget of the central government to support the implementation of the National Sports Week. Papua has issued a considerable budget from the Provincial Budget to build venues and other supporting infrastructure and prepare athletes.

"When we met with the president, he had ordered (the budget from the state budget), but the money was not there yet, what the problem was in the Minister of Finance, we do not know".

"Even so, the implementation of National Sports Week will still be carried out in Papua," he stressed.

The Governor also on that occasion advised that the Chairman of the Central KONI, Lt. Gen. TNI (Purn) Marciano Norrman encouraged the National Army / Police to help secure the implementation of National Sports Week in Papua.

“Marciano is an influential person, has served as the Head of BIN, we ask the National Army Police to help us to secure the implementation of National Sports Week in Papua. Please don't report anything strange about Papua," he hoped.

Meanwhile, Chairman of Central KONI Marciano Norman hopes that the implementation of CDM Meeting III can be utilized by contingent representatives to strengthen preparations for the quadrennial sports event. Because according to him, Papua is very ready to hold National Sports Week.

"Do not worry about the implementation of National Sports Week in Papua, especially related to pandemics, the discipline of implementing health protocols is prioritized"

"Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has worked hard to fight for this sporting event to be successfully implemented. So I invite all parties to make National Sports Week XX as a unifying event of the nation," he concluded. ***