Deputy Minister Of Raja Juli Antoni Ready To Be A Santri Commander, Join Kiai's Land And Islamic Boarding Schools

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Raja Juli Antoni handed over a certificate of land belonging to Nahdlatul Ulama in Jombang Regency, East Java.

The certificates distributed amounted to thirty-three (33), spread across nine (9) villages and consisted of the Waqf Foundation, Islamic Boarding School, and the Nahdlatul Ulama Deputy Branch Council.

"My arrival here is to follow up on the MoU that was signed between the Ministry of ATR/BPN and Nahdlatul Ulama in Jakarta two months ago," said the Deputy Minister of King in his statement, Sunday, October 16.

The symbolic handover was delivered at four Islamic Boarding Schools and one Assembly of Deputy Branches of Nahdlatul Ulama with details: PP Falahul Muhibbin Watu Galuh, PP Hamatul Quran Jogoroto, PP Bumi Damai Al-Muhibbin Tambakberas, PP Walisongo Cukir and Chairman of MWC NU Sumobito.

The handover of the certificate, according to Raja Juli Antoni, is a way to ensure there is certainty of land law so that there are no problems in the future, especially threats from the land mafia.

"We don't want that if one day there is a land mafia that sued the land belonging to the NU pesantren for example. So to prevent that from happening, we will first provide a shield with this certificate," said Raja.

According to Raja Juli Antoni, taking the land belonging to the kiai and pesantren is to injure human development in Indonesia. Therefore, he said, the place of prayer in the afterlife would be if the mafia seized the land of kiai and pesantren.

Raja Juli Antoni menyampaikan komitmen ATR/BPN akan berada di samping Nahdlatul Ulama untuk melakukan sertifikasi tanah baik milik kelembagaan maupun milik warga Nahdlatul Ulama.

"We want Nahdlatul Ulama to be bigger by continuing to support the community. We at ATR/BPN are committed to supporting this. Because Islamic boarding schools and Kiai cannot be seized by the mafia," continued Raja.

At the end of his remarks, the King conveyed that the land area owned by Nahdlatul Ulama must be secured by a commander. For this, the Deputy Minister of ATR/BPN stated his readiness to become the commander of the santri.

"Arriving in Jakarta later, I want permission and ask for the blessing of the Minister to become the Santri Commander. God willing, I am ready to become the Santri Commander to secure the land of Kiai and Pesantren," he explained.

The certificate was handed over during the graduation ceremony at Darul Ulum University, Jombang. Present at the event were the Regent of Jombang Hj. Mundjidah Wahab, Head of TU for the Regional Office of BPN East Java Ribut Haricahyono and Head of the Land Office Jombang Kresna Fitriansyah