Regarding Wadas, MPR Chair Asks For A More Humane Approach

Bambang Soesatyo/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Chairman of the MPR RI Bambang Soesatyo asked all parties, especially the Central Java Provincial Government, the Regional Office of the National Land Agency, to the River Basin Center, to take a dialogical and humanist approach to the residents of Wadas Village, Purworejo. ownership of the land, let alone taking repressive measures," said Bambang Soesatyo after receiving the Deputy Chairperson of the Purworejo Regency DPRD Kelik Susilo Ardani, in Jakarta, Wednesday, February 16. used for mining andesite stone, as a dam construction material. Therefore, according to him, a dialogical and humanist approach is needed so that residents who agree or who do not agree with the transfer of land rights can be invited to sit together with intensive communication. He explained, the dialogical approach and humanism must also be done police officers assigned to Wadas Village because their existence is to guard and guard the community so they are not trapped in horizontal conflicts or provoked by each other.

"The existence of the police is not to spread terror or fear in the community. The police must take a dialogical and humanist approach guided by the predictive police, responsibility, and fair transparency (precision) towards all citizens, whether they agree or disagree," he said. Bambang asked the Central Java Provincial Government, the National Land Agency, and the River Basin Center to conduct a study, evaluation, and recalculation of the needs and sources of andesite quarry stones to support the construction of the Bener Dam. andesite stone for the construction of the Bener Dam. "Compensation payments to community members who have agreed to their land being transferred must be immediately carried out by the government. For residents who do not agree with the transfer of their land rights, it is necessary to make a dialogue effort, without coercion and not injure people's rights," he said. He explained, The government also needs to provide guarantees to residents that the mining of andesite in Wadas Village is not carried out in the form of large-scale exploitation for commercial purposes, but entirely for the benefit of the Bener Dam construction. In addition, Bambang also asked the government to provide guarantees to residents that they will always be involved in various mining projects, as well as other economic activities in supporting the construction of the Bener Dam.