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SOLUTION FOR LAND CON
IN INDONES
Vol.IX, No. 1, January-February 2012
Editors Note:Chaos in Everything
Solution for Land Con ictsin Indonesia
The GKI Yasmin Case: An Effort fo Af rm the Existenceof Groups
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The transition period in the global warming condition from now
on to unpredictable future gives the clearest sign of chaos in our environment. Added with what has so far been done by human
being it is seemingly that the signal is complete: the threat of
inundation of many coastal parts of this country. Among those many parts,
Jakarta is the worst. Sea water has been seeping far into Jakarta proper
making the groundwater of Jakarta no longer fresh. People have to dig far
deeper into the ground to get the drinkable water, especially in northern parts
of the capital city. Not only underground, but above ground, the sea water
level has been higher than the ground. The government of Jakarta has to
build a wall along the coast to prevent the sea water ows into the coastal
plain neighborhood. But here and there the wall has been punctured with
a consequence that the sea water ows into the neighborhood unstopped.
Garbage is another hazard for Jakartas life, including its marine biotas. The
government of this province sees with bewilderment the mountain of garbage
at Bantargebang, Bekasi, with no one knows what to do except stacking more
and more garbage from Jakarta, reminding us of the Smokey Mountain near
Manila, the Philippimes. The Jakarta Administration still cannot nd a place
or places to build a garbage factory to treat the garbage further, making it into
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something else which is less hazardous. So far nothing could be done since
no one outside Jakarta will let wholeheartedly their plot of land above which
to be built the Jakartas garbage factory. Pollution is the main reason for their
unwilling to sell their plot ti the Jakarta Province Administration. For some
inhabitants of Jakarta especially those dwelling along the riverbanks of 13 rivers
that ow through Jakarta, the only place to throw away their garbage is the rivers
making them possibly the longest garbage bins in the world (remember once
the head district of Pariaman, West Sumatra, Anas Malik, said that the coast of
Pariaman is no other than the longest toilet in the world?) The rivers of Jakarta
are far more horrible. It is there that the squatters throw away everything
and use the rivers for everything else, including taking a bath complete with
brushing teeth, wash their clothes, babies; the list is endless, you just name it.
So when the global warming is fully working, parts of Jakarta, particularly
its northern part, will be inundated by the sea water. The land of Jakarta is
actually a long concave one from the north of the Presidential Palace down to
the coast. This area contains the Chinatown (Glodok) which is very crowded.
And everyday viewers can see the building and the promotion of luxurious
apartment buildings along the coast to the west with the Pantai Indah Kapuk
(Kapuk Beautiful Coast) is the central. Worse, the sucking of ground water in
northern parts of Jakarta are uncontrollable for a long period, making parts of the
land sink. What if the global warming is in full gear? Two or three meter the sealevel rises means that the apartment buildings and the crowded neighborhood
will be ooded; a gigantic task will have to be done if the government
(Jakarta, Banten and the Central) must evacuate the inhabitants (in millions!!)
Traf c jams? Of course. Everybody curses it, but nobody say anything about
the ow of thousands of vehicles from towns around Jakarta (Bogor, Bekasi,
Depok, Tangerang) and the churning of new tens of thousands of new cars
and motorcycles everyday from factories around Jakarta. Nobody is able to
provide a prescription to remedy the traf c jams that in the near future willmake Jakarta clogged out by the vehicles which will make nobody able even
to walk (since the sidewalks are full with vendors) let alone driving cars.
Catastrophic signs have been looming threateningly above Jakarta and some
people have been mentioning of moving the capital city into someplace else. One
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place that is considered suitable for a new Indonesian capital is Palangkaraya,
the capital of Central Kalimantan. But no discussion further. The issue has been
brushed aside by other issues that are more current and need immediate solution.
But Kalimantan is not a completely safe island from disasters. Flood is theone that inundate many parts not only in Kalimantan but also other islands.
Concerning disasters the list is endless. Floods including ash ood and
landslides are everywhere, destroying infrastructures (roads, bridges, and dont
forget the cold lava oods from the recently erupted mountains which still
threatens houses and roads as well as paddy elds at many areas in its current.
The other is the land con ict connecting to the building of plantation
(especially palm to make palm oil) and mining (coal), oil, minerals which has
destroyed the environment (what mining is not?) which often in con ict withthe Ministry of Forestry, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy,
Mineral resources and Oil (ESDM), and the inhabitants in the location of
mining and plantation. Land use con ict is something that has been going on
for decades without any clear solution. Con icts between the inhabitants and
the military concerning a wide plot for military trainings are few examples.
While corruption is a crime that has now gone into the next generation with the
suspected corruptors become younger and younger (Gayus Tambunan is still
in his thirties) with the sum involved is no longer millions but billions eventrillions (the Century Bank case), the cases involving the great sum of money
has been dragging people in political arena (legislative, executive, judiciary
and the law enforcement members). Look into the number of members of
the House of Representatives who had been jailed for receiving hundreds of
millions each totheir chargesto smooth the way a high of cial of the Bank
Indonesia to be a Senior Deputy Governor with billions of rupiah was ew into
the hands of the MPs. This case is involving the wife of a former Chief of the
Police as a kind of a go between. Ironically, the Deputy Governor of the CentralBank is not (yet?) detained and still free of charge. The wife of the former
Police Chief, on the other hand, has been detained and is undergoing trial.
Another case is involving the former treasurer of the ruling party who is now
on trial in connection with the building of the house for athletes for the last SEA
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Games. He is trying to drag the chief of the party, but so far in vain. While the case
in nearly over, the party chief is still free. Now he is trying to get the party chief
into another case. But the party chief has categorically swore, that one rupiah he
stole in the Hambalang project , hang me at the Monas (the National Monument).
With this kind of jumble mumble and ceaseless ironies in every
sector, people can only scratch their heads: the poverty level will
stand, and their money will only be scattered merely among the elites.
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The beginning of 2012 has been colored by a number of land
con icts which have spread to several regions in Indonesia. The
latest land con icts, in Mesuji, Lampung and South Sumatra, and
Bima, Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, are related to the matter
of the seizure of land between locals and private companies and for sure the
government which produces the policies on land use. A number of seminars
and researches have already considered the issues involved and have identi ed
the root causes of recent con icts. The causes of most of the con icts are
unjust policies, the socio-economic gap and competition over scarce resources.
However, at the level of problem-solving, almost none of the concrete solutions
have been successful in settling the con icts. It might seem that the situations
in the con ict areas were rapidly resolved, yet the proposed solutions have
only been able to overcome the ice-berg level of the existing con icts. There is
no proper mechanism that is able to resolve the current con icts at their roots.
The situation surrounding con ict resolution in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
(NAD) and Poso, Central Sulawesi, are exceptional. Honestly, both regionsstill contain the potential for con ict that may emerge in the future because
peace is not a gift; it is a process that needs to be monitored and evaluated
continuously in order to minimize the potential for con ict in the future. The
success of the peace processes in both regions was because the con icting
groups were able to reach a compromise and the seriousness of the government
Solution for Land Con icts
in Indonesia
Inggrid Mustika, Researcher, The Habibie Center
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to take concrete action to end the con icts.
The achievement of peace stability in NAD and Poso, Central Sulawesi,
cannot be used as the reference solution for other con ict regions because
every region has different social and cultural characteristics that are embeddedin their societies. Therefore, the approach has to be established differently,
by considering the local wisdom of the people and for sure involving all
related stakeholders who are directly or indirectly affected by con icts such as
women, children, and other marginal groups. The recent political situation has
allowed the people to ask for bottom-up solutions rather than top-down policy.
However, money talks. Those who have direct interest in a scarce resource
can buy the authority to protect their asset rather than build dialogue and
communication with those whose rights are violated.
There are several solutions that touch on the root causes of the con icts where
the main key holder of con ict management is the government, the institution
that is the architect of the rules and regulations that seek to create social
conformity within the society.
First , the government needs to re-arrange the existing laws and regulations
which overlap one another. This implies that the overlapping responsibilities
maybe the cause of con ict. The licensing issue across sectors for example.
There are overlapping licensing of plantation areas over the mining andforestry sectors which have happened due to the un nished provincial spatial
plan ( Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah Provinsi , RTRWP). On the other hand, the
use of protected forests which are planned for the environment conservation
function has been shifted to other functions that threaten environmental
sustainability. According to the National Forestry Council ( Dewan Kehutanan
Nasional , DKN), the area that misuses the national spatial plan reaches 7.8
million hectares and this number continues to rise (Kompas, 2009).
Economically, these problems have contributed to the investment target
not being fully realized because investors have had to deal with long and
complicated licensing procedures, compensation for land, and overlapping
land use the cause of which is the overlapping licensing (Borneo News,
2011). Socially, the existence of investors often disregard the locals rights
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by unilaterally taking over land which is mostly traditional land and using
as justi cation of having a license from the government. The surrounding
community also often experiences the pollution effects which often neglected
by the investors. These are the problems that lead to peoples dissatisfaction
of the governments policies in favor of the investors.
Second , there is a need to reform the function of the National Land Agency
( Badan Pertanahan Negara , BPN). With the escalation of con icts over land
rights in Indonesia, a question mark arises over BPN, what exactly is the role
of BPN in this context? Where is the BPN when land con icts occur? As a non-
departmental government agency that is accountable directly to the president,
BPN has the task to carry out government duties in the area of land at the
national, regional and sectoral levels. BPN is supposed to be able to perform
land management in Indonesia for the welfare of the people, able to solve
disputes over land and able to re-structure the legal and land management
systems in order to prevent disputes occurring. Yet, in many cases, the BPN
acts on behalf of investors and sacri ces the public interest (Medan Bisnis
Daily , 2012).
Third , there is a need to synchronize the coordination of related stakeholders
who have the authority to make policy. In this context, it is important to
establish a continuous coordination between BPN, the Forestry Ministry, the
Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, the regional authorities and other
related stakeholders to overcome the overlapping responsibilities which
give rise to overlapping licensing. The crux of this problem is, as already
happens and tends to be neglected, is the existence of a certi ed land dispute
which is based on odd regulations, which are either contradictory or unclear.
As a result, the people at the grass roots level always become the victims of
biased regulation. In addition, in the light of regional autonomy, the regional
government has the authority to establish local regulations which have an
impact on the unavoidable overlapping regulations. Therefore, it is importantfor all stakeholders to sit together and set one regulation on licensing land use
in order to avoid these overlapping problems.
Fourth , the need to monitor the bills related to the issue of land use such as
the Bill on the Procurement of Land for Public Interest Development; the
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Bill on Food, and the Bill on the Protection of Farmers which are currently
at the Parliament. An effort to oversee the process of the bill deliberation is
basically to avoid a counter-productive result to the welfare of farmers and to
food sovereignty in Indonesia. Therefore, it is important to monitor the bills to
be passed as laws to ensure that they bene t the society at large.
Fifth , related to the people who are legally weak to ght for their rights
regarding land con icts, it is needed to provide legal assistance to these
people. The main purpose of providing legal assistance to the people is to give
them the appropriate solution to how they might propose their objection with
a clear legal basis. In reality, several NGOs provide this type of assistance
to the people, however, their action is more or less provocative in nature.
However, there are those that do offer a proper assistance to the people but
again, the people are facing the companies who hold legal licenses, and a
strong justi cation for their existence. Therefore, close review over existing
licenses is needed to make sure that the land use is basically in the public
interest.
And the last, sixth , the neutrality of law enforcement of cers is essential in
order to enforce justice to the people. However, law enforcement of cers face
dif culties in making action over license holders because each investor holding
a license from a different institution are all legally valid (Majalah Tambang,
2012). As mentioned above, the establishment of one reference of regulation
on licensing land use is crucial. The requirement to act procedurally in front
of the people who demand their rights in land-related demonstrations becomes
the concern of many people. Therefore, as the law enforcer and protector of
the people, law enforcement of cers must prioritize the public interest and
maintain security and stability of the society to avoid human rights abuses.
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References
BPN, The Source of Land Con ict in North Sumatera, ( BPN Sumber Konfik Tanah di Sumut ), 17 January 2012, www.medanbisnisdaily.com
Government Preparing Government Regulations in Lieu of Law toOvercome Overlap on Land, ( Pemerintah Menyiapkan Perppu Atasi
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Tumpang Tindih Lahan ), Kompas, 17 November 2009, www.kompas.com
Licensing Overlap Hampered Investment, ( Tumpang Tindih Perizinan Hambat Investasi ), 22 December 2011, www.borneonews.co.id
Polri: Various Regulations on Licensing caused Con ict ( Polri: Banyak Aturan Soal Perizinan, Sebabkan Konfik ), 16 February 2012, www.majalahtambang.com
www.bpn.go.id
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The issue of establishing houses of worship is still a thorn
in the relationship between Muslims and Christians in
Indonesia. The latest case is the establishment of a church
at Taman Yasmin Housing Complex (GKI Yasmin) on
Jalan KH Abdullah Bin Nuh, Curug Mekar Village, West Bogor, West
Java. Print and electronic along with online media are talking about the
GKI Yasmin case and are presenting their own facts and arguments.
Most of the general and mainstream media reported that the churchs
community is forced to worship on the sidewalk since their church
was sealed by the Bogor city administration. The media depicted the
case as a prohibition of worship/human rights violation, intolerant
and anarchist Muslims, and law disobedience of the mayor.
It is interesting and curious about what do the Islamic media say about the
issue? Four Islamic online media, namely eramuslim.com, hidayatullah.
com, suara-islam.com , and voa-islam.com saw the GKI Yasmin case as aviolation of law, provocation by the Christians, and the Mayors authority.
The Prohibition of Worship Vs Violation of Law
The four media agreed to counter the opinion by saying that the GKI Yasmin
case is a violation of the law, not a religious con ict (voa-islam.com). The
The GKI Yasmin Case:
An Effort to Af rm the Existence of Groups
Zamroni Salim, PhD, Research Fellow at the Habibie Centerand Indonesian Institute of Science
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problem of GKI Yasmin is purely a legal issue, the problem of the building
permit (IMB) and is not a political problem (suara-islam.com). The case of
the building of GKI Yasmin is a case of law, procedure violation, and the
manipulation of peoples signature of approval done by GKI Yasmins side
(eramuslim.com). he GKI case is a law matter. How could they get the
permit, while local people never gave their agreement (hidayatullah.com).
Violation of the law and the manipulation of signatures are the counter
opinion put forth by the Islamic online media. The eramuslim shows the
fact about a man named Munir Karta Bin Surakarta, the former head of the
local neighborhood unit who was convicted by the High Court of Bandung on
January 20, 2011 for manipulating peoples signatures for the Yasmin Church
as a requirement for getting the building permit (IMB). It further writes:
In doing so, Munir went to a few people and asked their agreement for the
establishment of Hermina Hospital. However, Munir changed it into a permit
for the establishment of the Yasmin Church. Munir also gave envelopes of
Rp100.000 each to some residents for signing the paper. (eramuslim.com).
The eramuslim wants to show that the current issue/problem talked about in
the media didnt stand alone; that it has a long background. The community
and the local administration would not necessarily close down the church
if there were no falsifying of signatures in the establishment of the church.
The four Islamic online media reply to the accusation of Muslims
intolerance and anarchism; the eramuslim.com writes by citing residents:
We do not reject people that want to worship, yet we will not accept
anything that is started with dishonest ways and deception. There are simply
no more than 5 Christian families living here. The rest of the congregation
is from outside Yasmin Complex even from outside Bogor. It seems
that the GKI Yasmin only provokes Muslims here and would build anopinion in the media as if they are forbidden to worship. (eramuslim.com)
The hidayatullah.com also uses an interview with citizens to strengthen its
argument:
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It seems that the GKI Yasmin provokes Muslims here and would
build an opinion through the media as though they were forbidden to
worship... Theyve been invited many times to meet and to prove
legally who is guilty, but they did not want to (hidayatullah.com).
Eramuslim and Hidayatullah set a counter argument that it is the GKI who
deliberately makes provocation by doing its service on the sidewalk in
order to be covered by the media and get sympathy from the public at large.
Why would GKI Yasmins community insist on worshiping at the site when
they already have a church in Jalan Pengadilan not far from here? Even,
the local government has already offered an alternative place of worship.
The two online media do not only quote the residents, but alsoquote others (motorcycle riders, taxi drivers) who are upset
since their income reduces because the street they used to pass
is closed by the security apparatus during the worship service.
Disobedience Vs Authority of the Mayor
Mainstream mass media report the disobedience of Bogors mayor against the
verdict of the Supreme Court which asked him to revoke the suspension of
GKIs permit. Citing a number of parties, the media say that the case is caused
by the disobedience to the existing law. How can the local administrations
decision collide with the national legal decision issued by the Supreme
Court? They ask why could we let or tolerate a local government which
is disobedient and has harassed the two respected state institutions (The
Supreme Court and the Ombudsman)? Who are exactly the residents who stand
against the church and what are their numbers? Can it be that the residents
objection be the justi cation to cancel an of cial government decision?
According to Hidayatullah.com , the mayor of Bogor had implemented the
Supreme Courts verdict, which was to revoke the suspension of GKIs permiton March 8, 2011, and then the mayor declared to revoke the permit on
March, 11, 2011. According to the media online, there are three compelling
reasons behind the revocation of the IMB, which are, rstly, a strong
resistance from the public living around the location; secondly, to maintain
stability and security from the provocation of GKIs community that persist to
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worship at the sidewalk every week, thirdly, falsi cation of support of local
communities by the GKI Yasmin buildings committee (hidayatullah.com).
Suara-islam.com responds to the opinion by citing the Islamic leaders
who said that the GKI Yasmin was not honest because they did notreveal the real issue, namely the use of false signatures in the process
of making the IMB. Because of the legally awed IMB, according
to the authority possessed by the Bogor mayor in this case, the IMB
that had formerly been issued was later revoked (suara-islam.com).
Voa-Islam also elaborated on the opinion that the process of GKI Yasmins
building was full of lies. Voa-Islam pointed to the argument that the
Bogor District Court had proven the existence of the manipulation of
letters and the community signatures and therefore the judge convictedMunir Karta, last Thursday, January 20, 2011. Based on that fact, the
mayor of Bogor repealed GKI Yasmins IMB through the Mayors
Decision Letter No. 645.45-137 of 2011 on March 11 (voa-islam.com).
Regardless of any growing issue related to the GKI Yasmin case, it seems
that those Islamic online media tend to see and attribute the case to the
issue of the faked signatures. They call it fake permit, legally false
permit, wrong process and against the law, the manipulation of the
license process and residents approval, and illegal church that breaksthe law. At the same time, these online media are complaining about the
unfair reporting by the mainstream media. They suspect that GKI Yasmin
has provoked the residents by doing worship on the sidewalk, of taking the
issue to the international community and makong Islam look anarchistic and
violating the freedom of worship. They protest over such matters and of
giving the impression as if the GKI is the victim and an oppressed minority.
The readers of those Islamic online media give the same meaning to
the case. One of them even warns that the real battle is with the inter-
religion community that promotes secularism, liberalism and pluralism.
One reader quips that a number of Muslims speak up for GKI Yasmin and
jeopardize the views of other Muslims who are defending their religion.
Another reader writes about the pattern that Christians used to do in Muslim
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majority areas. They use their houses as the houses of pray by bringing
congregations from other places and provoking other residents who were
mostly Muslims. If resistance appears, they will bellow the opinion that Islam
is intolerant, and how dif cult it is to build places of worship in Indonesia, etc.
Identity and Existence of Each Group
Both the mainstream media and the Islamic online media blame and ask the
government to immediately handle the case. The mainstream media says the
government is afraid of the trouble makers and doesnt protect those who
want to worship, as well as asking the Indonesian National Police Chief to
crack down on the elements in the society that forbid anyone to observe
their religion. Whereas the Islamic online media ask the security apparatus
to work by anticipating the existence of provocateurs from both inside andoutside Bogor that are willing to make trouble and to manipulate the situation.
At the 2012 Military-Police Leaders Meeting in the auditorium of the
Police College, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Friday (January 20,
2012), the President responded to the criticism. He said that the State
did not keep quiet regarding the con icts in the society in this era of
democracy, openness and freedom. According to him, this country
is looking for its own particular style of maturity (detiknews.com).
Unlike the New Order, the aftermath of the New Order Government has
no effective control and access to the entire elements of the community. In
return, peoples access to the political space is more wide open now. In this
era of political reform, the system of power began to spread. Each element
of the community shows identity and asserts their existence before the State.
Later on, the existence of this identity is important in the negotiation of
interests and in the determination of who will be in charge of the resources.
The same thing happened to the Islamic groups (without speci cally
mentioning any particular group) as one of the forces in the society. Through
discourses that they are ghting for, they show their identity in front of
the State. They use media, especially online, to contest the discourse of
others. This has happened also for the Christian groups. They introduce the
interests of their groups in some way to get a position in front of the State.
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This situation still becomes a homework for the State to solve the problems
and be able to communicate, accommodate and consolidate each group
for the betterment of Indonesia in the future. Thus far, there is no step
nor systemic policy to resolve the problem. The government cant just
wait and see each group in the society to be mature and wise by itself.
Nevertheless, actually, the civil society, especially the religious-based ones,
for instance Muhammadiyah and Nahdatul Ulama, and other mainstream
civil society that represent religions in Indonesia can do something, for
instance, by expanding the dialogue and cooperation at various levels of
society, especially to the middle and lower levels. We can also urge for an
effective role for Forum Kerukunan Umat Beragama (FKUBIndonesian
Religious Harmony Forum), whose existence is a mandate from SKB /SPB
(Surat Peraturan Bersama) on the Establishing of Houses of Worship No. 8
and No. 9/2006 to multiple intraand interreligions dialogue in Indonesia.
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References
Salibis Menikam Umat Islam Bogor (3): Ulah GKI Yasmin Menyulikan
Rakyat Kecil, http://www.eramuslim.com/berita/laporan-khusus/salibis-
menikam-umat-islam-bogor-3-ulah-gki-yasmin-menyulikan-rakyat-kecil.
htm, accessed January 4, 2012)
Aparat Gagalkan Aksi Jamaat GKI Yasmin untuk Lakukan Misa Natal,
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