Muhaimin Promises To Complete Agrarian Reform For The Prosperity Of Farmers

Vice President Muhaimin Iskandar answered reporters' questions in Depok, West Java, Thursday (7/12/2023). BETWEEN/ Donny Aditra

JAKARTA - Candidate for vice president number 1 Muhaimin Iskandar promised to complete agrarian reform for the welfare of farmers if he and presidential candidate Anies Baswedan are elected as Indonesian leaders in 2024.

According to Muhaimin, land ownership in Indonesia is very unbalanced, because the majority of the millions of hectares of land are only owned or controlled by no more than 100 people.

"Land ownership must be as fair as possible for future interests and future grandchildren," said Muhaimin as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, December 7.

The man who is often called Cak Imin explained that so far the benefits of land management cannot be felt evenly by farmers, even though those who manage land every day are them.

He said the issue of agrarian reform was not consistently resolved by the government, so that the turmoil from farmers or the country's economic drivers always appeared in various regions.

"This issue always appears, but is always forgotten at all times," he said.

The general chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) is of the opinion that Indonesia's agricultural potential and strength is very large, so people should be able to feel prosperity evenly from the results of fair land management. But the reality is contradictory and often causes problems.

He considered that the government should be present in the midst of conflicts between the community and land owners. Even problems should no longer need to occur frequently.

"Based on this, the issue of agrarian reform is one of the main ideas that will be resolved by him and Anies Baswedan," said Muhaimin.