Moeldoko Invites Ministry To Move Together: Synchronization Of Data To Create Agrarian Reform

Presidential Chief of Staff Dr. Moeldoko. (KSP Photo)

JAKARTA - Presidential Chief of Staff Dr. Moeldoko emphasized the importance of synchronizing case data/agrarian complaints in ministries/agencies, especially at the Ministry of ATR/BPN, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ministry of SOEs, Police, and the Attorney General's Office. This is an effort to accelerate the agrarian reform program as directed by President Joko Widodo at a limited meeting, January 3, 2023.

"The president is very concerned about the agrarian reform program. And the President emphasized the importance of synchronizing data," said Moeldoko while chairing the Ministerial Meeting on Synchronization of Agrarian Cases/Complaint Data, at the Bina Graha building, Jakarta, Tuesday, June 13.

The Ministerial Meeting was attended by Minister of ATR/BPN Hadi Tjahjanto, Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry Alue Dohong, Secretary of the Ministry of SOEs Rabin Indrajad Hattari, as well as representatives from the Attorney General's Office and the National Police. "Through this meeting, there must be the most appropriate way of resolving. For this reason, all parties must be willing to cooperate with each other. Moreover, this agrarian complaint was received by the President directly," said Moeldoko.

Deputy II of the Presidential Chief of Staff Abetnego Tarigan who accompanied KSP Moeldoko revealed that the Presidential Staff Office had received complaints of 1,385 agrarian cases from 2016 to May 2023. Complaints from various elements of society entered the Presidential Staff Office through an audience, letter or written report, and the KSP Hearing program.

Of these cases, he continued, the Presidential Staff Office has grouped it based on the ministry. Namely, the Ministry of ATR/BPN has 716 cases, the Ministry of SOEs, 359 cases, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry 244 cases, and 66 cases are across ministries. This data is to be distributed to relevant ministries/agencies so that there are more directed steps. In this data, typology and location have also been grouped," said Abetnego.

On that occasion, the Minister of ATR/BPN, Hadi Tjahjanto, said that agrarian problems require good coordination between ministries/agencies, and harmonization of applicable laws and regulations.

The Ministry of ATR/BPN itself, said Hadi, has opened wide access to complaints through the reporting.go.id web service, whatsapp hotline, and email to facilitate reporting of land problems. "We also continue to ensure that incoming complaints have been verified and can be followed up," explained Hadi Tjahjanto.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry, Alue Dohong, stated that the resolution of agrarian problems, especially in forest areas, still faces several challenges. Among other things, the overlap of social forestry applications with the PBPH process and licensing in other forest areas. "In addition, we are still facing the challenges of the lack of budget," he said.

As for the resolution of agrarian conflicts intersecting with SOEs, the Ministry of SOEs has conducted an inventory of land problems and grouped their solutions based on the level of difficulty in cases.

"We divided it into three. Namely, it is very difficult to solve, quite difficult to solve, and easy to solve," said the Secretary of the Ministry of SOEs, Rabin Indrajad Hattari.