JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the MPR Eddy Soeparno supports President Prabowo Subianto's commitment to take more decisive steps in eradicating illegal logging. According to him, this commitment is a momentum in efforts to protect the environment as well as prevent disasters due to climate change.
"President Prabowo's commitment is a breath of fresh air for efforts to crack down on all forms of illegal logging, whether carried out by business entities or individuals," Eddy said in a statement, Tuesday, December 16.
Eddy emphasized that the government needed to be firm so that flooding and landslides in Sumatra would not happen again.
"What happened to our brothers in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra must not be repeated. Therefore, the government needs firmness and consistency," he continued.
The legislator from the West Java III constituency said that decisive action against illegal logging was a concrete form of climate action, especially in the midst of the impact of climate change that is increasingly felt by the economically weak and vulnerable community.
"We certainly fully support President Prabowo's quick steps in dealing with disasters in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra. However, no less important is ensuring preventive policies so that similar disasters do not occur again. President Prabowo's steps and commitment are the right climate action!" said Eddy.
Eddy said that the government's firmness in law enforcement actually had precedents in other natural resource sectors. If firm action and discipline can be implemented in the mining and mineral sector, said Eddy, then the same thing can and must be done in the forestry sector.
"The firmness and consistency of law enforcement are very important, especially if the impact directly threatens the safety of the community and the sustainability of the environment," he said.
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The PAN Deputy Secretary-General also hopes that Prabowo's commitment can be followed consistently and consequentially by relevant ministries and agencies through firm, tactical, and quick steps in the field.
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"President Prabowo's commitment needs tactical operational steps and immediate action in the field. The first is of course action against all forms of illegal logging and stopping all forms of environmental destruction," said Eddy.
"Second, is to strengthen supervision and ensure that there is no more space or gap for anyone to carry out illegal logging that is dangerous," he added.
Previously, Prabowo emphasized the government's commitment to crack down on illegal logging practices that are still taking place in a number of regions in Indonesia. The affirmation was delivered by the President after reviewing the handling of floods in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra, Saturday, December 13.
Prabowo said the government was disciplining companies that did not have legal permits and strengthening cross-agency coordination to improve direct supervision in the field.
"I want to organize all of that. We will organize illegal logging. We have started to organize it," said Prabowo in Medan, North Sumatra, Saturday, December 13.
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