The Coalition's Cahyo Pamungkas said the move would cause mistrust among the Papuan people and prove counter-productive.
He said it was being done in order to continue exploiting natural resources and controlling the land of Papua.
"This top-down decentralisation which is being done arbitrarily by the central government is like repeating the model of Dutch power in order to continue exploiting natural resources and controlling the land of Papua", said Pamungkas in a statement.
