JAYAPURA - In commemoration of the 78th Commemoration of the Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia, the Papua Provincial Government held Blood Donation Action, Friday (11/8/2023), in Jayapura.

A row of Papua Provincial Government officials also descended directly to donate blood, as a form of concrete action for humanitarian purposes.

One of them, the Daily Executive of the Governor of Papua, Muhammad Ridwan Rumasukun, donated a bag of blood.

The Governor came accompanied by Papua Regional Secretary Derek Hegemur, Acting Assistant Secretary of Papua for Economic Affairs and People Welfare, Suzana Wanggai, Head of the Papua Communication and Informatics Department, Jeri A. Yudianto, and a number of National Armed and Police Forces officials.

"This drop of blood is very valuable to save people's lives by social action, it has human value," said Governor Ridwan after donating.

He also hopes that the blood donation action involving the community, the National Armed and Police Forces and Regional Apparatus Organizations can collect 200 bags of blood

"Moreover, the blood stock at PMI is always less because every second, minute someone needs a blood bag," he said.

Papua Assistant Secretary Suzana Wanggai as Chairman of the 2023 Indonesian Independence Day Commemoration Committee said that in addition to blood donation, the Papua Provincial Government also handed over care packages to the families of fighters. Suzana hopes that this assistance can ease the burden on the fighters' families ahead of Independence Day. 

Gesye Samori, a son of the Veteran Act of Free Choice, Jimmy Samori, appreciated the attention of the Papua Provincial Government to the fighters.

He hopes that on the commemoration of Independence Day on August 17, 2023, the father who is a fighter can be involved, considering the fighting spirit that is still burning in their hearts.

"Our father is already in a wheelchair but spirits are still high. For this reason, we hope to be involved in the commemoration of Indonesian Independence Day on August 17," he said.

The same was conveyed by Ruth Koromath, the daughter of the Veteran Act of Free Choice, Permenas Koromat. Nevertheless, he hopes that the government's attention will not only be in the form of care packages and other assistance. But there is a partiality to help the grandchildren of Pepera fighters to be accepted for service in the National Armed and Police Forces.

"Our son, who is the grandson of a Pepera fighter, has registered several times. In fact, I brought evidence of our father as a warrior but it was not accepted. For that, I hope that the National Armed and Police Forces pay attention to this aspiration," he hoped. ***