Pemprov DKI-Kemensetneg Becomes Monas Ownership, Who Has The Right?

National Monument (Photo: Indra / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of State Secretariat (Kemensetneg) and DKI Pemprov have mutually proposed ownership of the National Monument (Monas) land certification to the National Land Agency (BPN). Because, at this time, Monas land has not been certified.

This tug of war was revealed in an online coordination meeting between the Ministry of State and the Provincial Government of DKI on Wednesday, November 4. In fact, this process has received monitoring from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Kemensetneg wants the Monas certificate to be owned by the central government and DKI will receive borrow and use facilities. However, the Provincial Government of DKI wants the Ministry of State to have management rights (HPL) and DKI to control building use rights (HGB).

Then, who has the right to control this national iconic land with an area of 734,828 hectares?

According to urban planning observer from Trisakti University, Yayat Supriatna, the best middle way is the holding of HPL by the Ministry of State Secretariat and HGB by the DKI Provincial Government.

"In my opinion, BPN may determine that the HPL is owned by the State Secretariat, and DKI holds the HGB. Also, there is supervision by the KPK so that there are no indications of irregularities and potential for commercialization," Yayat told VOI, Friday, November 6.

Even so, there are additional notes. Yayat said, Monas land ownership decisions must be based on mutual agreement in the context of utilization and use.

"In essence, there must be a mutual agreement in the form of an MoU on the management and utilization of Monas," said Yayat.

There is a reason why Yayat recommended that the land ownership agreement be in accordance with the wishes of the DKI Provincial Government. Yayat said, if DKI only received borrow-and-use, it would be troublesome.

Because, he continued, DKI had to extend the borrow-to-use right every five years. Meanwhile, if DKI gets the HGB, then they can extend their rights for every 30 years.

"If it is a borrow-use system, it will make DKI inconvenient and troublesome. If you borrow and use, DKI must ask permission from the State Secretariat, such as building a plaza in the revitalization of Monas," said Yayat.

Moreover, so far DKI has had a technical management unit (UPT) in charge of caring for and maintaining the Monas area. This treatment also uses the DKI Regional Budget.

"In terms of organization, DKI is more prepared. They have a budget, personnel, and personnel. The Ministry of State has limited personnel and has to form an agency to take care of its management financing," he concluded.