Collaborating With Experts To Formulate Breakthroughs, KSP Moeldoko Wants Agrarian Conflicts On Land With PTPN Asset Status To End

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko accompanied by Deputy II of the Indonesian Presidential Chief of Staff Abetnego Tarigan in discussions with experts (Via ANTARA(

JAKARTA - The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) held a discussion with experts to formulate a solution to the problem of agrarian conflicts on land with the asset status of PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN).

Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko emphasized the importance of policy breakthroughs to resolve agrarian conflicts that intersect with PTPN's land assets.

This is in accordance with the direction of President Joko Widodo, who pays great attention to the resolution of agrarian conflicts over BUMN assets.

"We must be able to choose policies that can solve the problem and strengthen the confidence of the parties that this problem can be resolved," said Moeldoko when opening the discussion quoted by Antara, Wednesday, June 8.

In the discussion, KSP invited experts in the fields of economics, business law, criminal law, and public policy. In addition, this discussion forum was attended by representatives of the Ministry of BUMN and PTPN.

Moeldoko said that the settlement of agrarian conflicts in PTPN assets was the embodiment of Agrarian Reform (RA) which was established as a national strategic program and was directly supervised by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

The implementation of Agrarian Reform, said Moeldoko, includes asset legalization, land redistribution, social forestry, and structuring access by providing access opportunities for land owners to empower the land.

"So how do you use land so that income increases. In this case, there is empowerment of beneficiaries," he said.

Meanwhile, State Administrative Law Expert at the University of Indonesia (UI) Dian Puji Simatupang assessed that the agrarian problems in PTPN assets were due to the complexity in legal interpretation that had occurred so far.

"This creates ill-structured problems which can lead to wider problems," explained Dian.

According to the Presidential Special Staff for Legal Affairs, Early Purwono, it is necessary to formulate a roadmap for resolving agrarian conflicts over PTPN assets so that the policies adopted can be comprehensive and not partial.

"The roadmap is needed to answer land cases that are spread among the assets of 11 PTPN subsidiaries," said Dini.

On the other hand, General Director of PTPN III (Holding) Doni Gandamihardja hopes that there will be a strong legal umbrella in the disposal of PTPN assets. According to him, there must be synchronization and harmony between the public and private legal regimes, which so far have not been well described.

"We hope that KSP together with the Ministry of SOEs, PTPN III (Holding), and other relevant ministries/institutions can immediately develop a policy framework to resolve this problem," said Doni.

According to data for 2015-2021, the Presidential Staff Office has received 1,504 complaints about agrarian conflicts. Of these, 223 cases of agrarian conflict were related to PTPN land.