Religious Organizations Accept Mine Management Offers, Members Of Commission VII DPR Ask The Government To Review

JAKARTA - Member of Commission VII DPR RI, Mulyanto, admitted that he was concerned about the attitude of a number of religious organizations who began to participate in managing mines.

Just so you know, after NU and Muhammadiyah, now the Islamic United Organization (Persis) has also stated that it wants to manage mines.

In fact, MUI is currently reviewing to take advantage of this opportunity.

Mulyanto admitted that he was worried that this phenomenon could damage the management of mineral and coal while bringing down the authority of mass organizations in the eyes of the people. Therefore, he asked the government and the leaders of mass organizations to review this policy.

"This phenomenon is like the story of the Uhud War, where Muslims flocked down from Uhud's hill to fight over ghonimah (war pampasan), and leave the main task of the guard post. In the end, people are not taken care of," said Mulyanto, Tuesday, July 30.

Mulyanto also assessed that this condition is very vulnerable because it can cause jealousy among mass organizations, because it could be that the next mass organizations of youth and other mass organizations will also ask for mining concessions.

"Finally, good governance evaporates. Because we can no longer distinguish between tasks, functions, and programs between the private sector, which takes care of the economy, and the third sector, which takes care of civil society. There is overlapping. Then trigger chaos," explained Mulyanto.

Mulyanto assessed that the government had violated the Minerba Law because it gave special priority to religious organizations to manage mines. In fact, the mandate is that priority is only given to BUMN or BUMD.

For this reason, Mulyanto suggested that the government should cancel the rules for granting this mining concession considering that the government is only a few months away.

He asked that in the final moments of power, the government should not make policies that could cause chaos.

"Towards the full term of duty, the making of a pandemic, the government should be prepared to say goodbye and give way to the President of the Elect. Instead of pushing for a chase, it airs during injury time. Indonesia is still long, so there is no need for gratuities," concluded Mulyanto.