Minister AHY Affirms Electronic Land Certificates Are Safer Than Conventional Forms

Illustration of Ministry of Home Affairs officers preparing land certificates. (Between-Mohamad Hamzah)

JAKARTA - Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) ensures that the security system for electronic land certificates is safer than conventional form certificates.

"The electronic land certificate is safer. Why? We have a strict security system, I have visited the Data and Information Center of the Ministry of ATR/BPN in Cikeas, I checked for security issues," said AHY, Agus' nickname, during his working visit to the Makassar City Land Office (Kantah), South Sulawesi, Sunday, April 28, which was confiscated by Antara.

AHY added that electronic land certificates are also safer than conventional certificates that are more vulnerable to being lost, burned, affected by flooding, and even stolen by the land mafia.

"With an electronic certificate, everything is clearly recorded," he said.

He made this statement after declaring the implementation of the Electronic Land Certificate service at the Makassar City Cantah.

On this occasion, AHY immediately handed over an electronic land certificate belonging to the local government. One of the electronic land certificates submitted by AHY is the Makassar Karebosi Field Management Rights Certificate (HPL) with an investment value of Rp. 2.9 trillion.

"The value is fantastic, yes. IDR 2.9 trillion in Karebosi. So, obviously because it is a very strategic location, so the value must also be large," he said.

This step is a manifestation of the commitment of the Ministry of ATR/BPN to make 104 Kantah of Regency/Electronic City in 2024.

In addition to encouraging the use of electronic land certificates, the eldest son of the Sixth President of the Republic of Indonesia also appealed to all orders to continue to innovate and start digitizing their services, especially related to land. Therefore, he appreciated the Makassar City Land Office for innovating through digital services.

Mysertipikat.id allows the public to access the Makassar City Land Office services from all over Indonesia.

"With this Mysertipikat, hopefully we can be faster (serving the community)," said AHY.

Previously, AHY said he would focus on accelerating land certification and eradicating the land mafia in the remainder of the reign of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

AHY said that the Ministry of ATR/BPN continues to strive to expand the scope of the complete systematic land registration program (PTSL). A total of 104 cities/regencies in Indonesia are targeted for complete certification in 2024, including those that can serve electronically.