Residents Threaten Anies Baswedan If He Doesn't Revoke The Governor's Regulation On Evictions Made By Ahok

Situation at the refugee camp during evictions in the Sunter area, Jakarta, November 18, 2019. (Antara-Rivan Awal L)

JAKARTA - The People's Coalition Against Eviction (KRMP) has demanded the promise of the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan to revoke Governor's Regulation Number 207 of 2016 concerning Controlling the Use/Control of Land Without Entitled Permits.

Gubernatorial Regulation 27/2016 was issued by Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok while serving as Governor of DKI in 2016. Ahok often uses this regulation to carry out forced evictions.

Then, when Anies served as Governor of DKI in 2017 until now, the governor's regulation is still being used by him to carry out forced evictions. In fact, this is not in accordance with Anies' narrative during the 2017 Pilkada campaign, which did not want to evicte residents' settlements.

The coalition consisting of groups of residents affected by evictions, NGOs, and students urged Anies to immediately revoke Pergub 207/2016 until Thursday, August 11, 2022.

If Anies has not responded to this demand, the KRMP has threatened to hold a demonstration in front of Anies' office, DKI Jakarta City Hall.

"We will schedule the hearing for next Thursday. If there is no response after we follow up, we might plan an action to demand the revocation of this Pergub," said KRMP representative and public attorney for Jakarta Legal Aid Institute, Jihan Fauziah Hamdo at City Hall, Thursday, Thursday. August 4th.

Jihan emphasized that Anies' demands to revoke Pergub 207/2016 cannot be underestimated. This is because the eviction process carried out on the legal basis of the governor's regulation has violated the general principles of good governance.

"This is not something that should be underestimated or underestimated. Again, Jakartans have to lose their homes without any procedures and this regulation is very problematic," he said.

On that occasion, Jihan explained the reason his party demanded Anies revoke Pergub 207/2016. The evictions using the governor's regulation during Anies' leadership of DKI took place in Pancoran Buntu II, South Jakarta; Vegetable Garden, Ciracas, East Jakarta; Bukit Duri, Tebet, South Jakarta; and Sunter Agung, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta.

"There are seven reasons why the gubernatorial regulation should be revoked. The first is that this regulation is a form of vigilantism. The second is to bypass the legislature that has been mentioned earlier. , "explained Jihan.

"Fourthly, this regulation violates AUPB. Fifth, it violates citizens' constitutional rights. Sixth, it violates human rights. Lastly, this use was conveyed because it was derived from Perppu 51 of 1960, which became the basis for the formation of a governor's regulation. It does not meet the needs of the people of DKI Jakarta. So, the revocation of this regulation must be carried out," he continued.

It is known that the KRMP had previously sent a letter requesting the revocation of Pergub 207/2016 on 10 February 2022.

Then, on April 6, 2022, KRMP also had a direct audience with Anies and his TGUPP at the City Hall of DKI Jakarta. At that time, Anies had promised to revoke Ahok's eviction regulation. However, until now Pergub 207/2016 has not been revoked.