The Agrarian Reform Program Is Claimed By BPN To Be Able To Press On Land Conflicts In Aceh

Farmers look at the boundary markers of the land parcel during the Community Movement for the Installation of Boundary Signs (GEMAPATAS) in Lambunot Village, Indrapuri District, Aceh Besar District, Aceh, Friday (3/2/2023) (ANTARA)

BANDA ACEH - The National Land Agency (BPN) said that agrarian conflicts still exist in the Aceh Province, but have greatly decreased along with the many government programs related to agrarian reform.

Head of the Aceh Mazwar Province BPN Regional Office, said that the government's program related to agrarian reform that directly touched the community greatly contributed to efforts to reduce the intensity of agrarian conflicts in the Tanah Rencong area.

"Like HGU, there is an obligation of 20 percent plasma, there are other agrarian reforms such as PTSL, acceleration of certification, and then today the benchmark of land boundaries, Alhamdulillah, the conflict has greatly subsided," said Mazwar in Aceh Besar.

The statement was made on the sidelines of the Community Movement for the Installation of Boundary Signs (Gemapatas) in Aceh Besar District. Installation of 1 million boundary markers of land parcels is carried out simultaneously in 33 provinces in the country.

He said, the installation of boundary markers for the land parcel is also an effort to minimize agrarian conflicts between fellow owners in the community. Later, the land parcel that has been installed with the boundary benchmark will be the object of the Complete Systematics Land Registration program (PTSL).

"Of the 1 million throughout Indonesia, we have installed stakes of 10,077 stakes throughout Aceh, and we plan to make it an object of PTSL this year," he said.

The same thing was conveyed by the Expert Staff for Information Technology of the Minister of ATR and BPN Sunraizal that land conflicts ranging from Sabang to Merauke, generally occur between the community and private and state-owned enterprises, as well as conflicts between communities.

Of course, every business entity owned by the Hak Guna Usaha (HGU) has an obligation to seek to maintain land that has obtained their rights.

And the Ministry of ATR and BPN, he said, has a Directorate General of Land Control and Control and Space to monitor the land that has been given by HGU, if abandoned, it can be included in the data on abandoned land.

"From there, if it has been decided to become abandoned land, then we can reform agrarian by providing redistribution to the community," he said.

For example, Aceh this year, he said, is preparing for agrarian reform of 10 thousand hectares and also for former commanders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is being prepared as many as 18 thousand hectares in East Aceh Regency.

"In East Aceh, we are currently processing it at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry because it is part of the forest area," he said.

Therefore, the Ministry of ATR and BPN are very concerned about the land that has been given its rights. "But if it is not managed properly, and this has the potential for us to solve it with agrarian reform," he said.