Anies' Subordinates Open The Opportunity To Revoke Ahok's Eviction Regulation, But Next Year At The Earliest

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

JAKARTA - The Head of the DKI Jakarta Legal Bureau, Yayan Yuhanah, has opened up the possibility that the DKI Provincial Government will revoke the Governor's Regulation (Pergub) Number 207 of 2016 concerning Controlling the Use/Control of Land Without an Entitled Permit.

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.

This consideration is allegedly due to the pressure of a group of people for the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan to revoke Pergub 207/2016 because it is still being used to carry out forced evictions until now.

However, Yayan said that the revocation of the governor's regulation could not be done quickly. This is because the current governor's regulation drafting program takes time to be reviewed. At the earliest, the regulation will be revoked next year.

"We'll see the evaluation later. Even if it is revoked, it can't be this year, it has to be next year because it was first included in the program to form the governor's regulation in 2023," Yayan said when contacted by VOI, Monday, August 8.

Not to mention, any planning to revoke or revise the governor's regulation, to the formation of a new governor's regulation, must pass the consideration and approval of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri).

"If it is not included in the planning, the Ministry of Home Affairs will reject it. Because we have to do facilitation at the Ministry of Home Affairs," said Yayan.

Previously, a group of people on behalf of the People's Coalition Against Eviction (KRMP) visited the DKI Jakarta City Hall to collect Anies' promise to revoke Pergub 207/2016.

Because, when Anies served as Governor of DKI in 2017 until now, the governor's regulation was still 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 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.

KRMP representative and LBH Jakarta public attorney, Jihan Fauziah Hamdi 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, some time ago.

"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 added.