Director of the DKI Jakarta Forum for the Environment Asks Anies Baswedan Not To Issue H Island Reclamation Permit

JAKARTA - Director of the DKI Jakarta Forum for the Environment (Walhi), Tubagus Soleh Ahmadi, asked DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan not to issue a reclamation permit for H Island even though the Supreme Court granted the plaintiff's request for judicial review (PK).

The plaintiff in this PK is the developer of the reclamation of H Island, namely PT Taman Harapan Indah. In the PK, the developer wants Anies to reissue the H Island reclamation permit.

"We emphasize to the Governor of DKI that later he can refuse the granting of a reclamation permit for H Island", Tubagus told reporters, Tuesday, September 7.

Tubagus regrets the Supreme Court's decision to grant the PK for the developer of H Island. He predicts that if Anies issues a reclamation permit, developers on other islands will also take the same steps.

If reclamation is allowed, Tubagus views it will have a bad impact on the ecosystem in Jakarta Bay and harm coastal communities and fishermen who make a living in the environment.

"We regret the Supreme Court's decision to grant the Developer PK, in the midst of the situation of Jakarta residents who want the north coast of Jakarta to be restored, meaning that this decision is again a threat to the north coast of Jakarta," said Tubagus.

As is known, the reclamation permit lawsuit began when Anies revoked 13 island reclamation permits on September 6, 2018, one of which was H Island. PT Taman Harapan sued for the revocation of the H Island reclamation permit to the Administrative Court on February 18, 2019.

Administrative Court won the developer's lawsuit. Anies again fought back by filing an appeal to the State Administrative High Court. State Administrative High Court decided to continue to cancel the decree on the revocation of the reclamation permit for H Island and required Anies to revoke the decree. However, State Administrative High Court did not order Anies to extend the reclamation permit for H Island.

Therefore, Anies and PT Taman Harapan Indah as developers have both filed an appeal to the Supreme Court. The legal process continued until the Supreme Court finally decided to grant the appeal filed by Anies.

Continuing, PT Taman Harapan Indah submitted a review (PK) to the Supreme Court. Until finally, the PK was granted by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court returned the decision by the appeal decision which ordered Anies to issue a reclamation permit for H Island.

"Regarding PK, Cancel Judex Juris, Retrial, Reject Lawsuit (CF.JF.PT)", the verdict was quoted as saying from the Supreme Court's website.

The Judex Juris that was canceled in this case was the decision at the previous Supreme Court level, which was the Cassation, which won Anies' side.

Case number 84 PK/TUN/2021 was knocked by the chairman of the Supandi assembly with assembly members Yulius and Yosran. The substitute clerk is Teguh Satya Bhakti.

Until now, the DKI Provincial Government has not followed up on the Supreme Court's decision regarding the H Island reclamation permit because it has not received an official copy of the decision. DKI does not want to take hasty steps before reading the full verdict.