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PDI-P politicians reject evictions in West Jakarta
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Jakarta City Council Speaker Prasetyo Edi Masdudi and House of Representative member Arif Wibowo (second right) shake hands with residents of Mangga Besar in West Jakarta during their visit to the area of which the Jakarta Administration attempted an eviction operation on Sunday. (tribunnews.com/-)
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wo politicians of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Monday visited residents of Mangga Besar in West Jakarta, who have been worried about their potential eviction by the Jakarta Administration.
Jakarta City Council Speaker Prasetyo Edi Masdudi and House of Representative member Arif Wibowo spoke to the residents and listened to their concerns regarding the eviction.
“This house was built before I was born in 1963. How could they want to evict [me from] the house,” a resident told the politicians from the PDI-P, which was considering to nominate incumbent Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama.
A resident said on Sunday that officers from the Jakarta City Public Order Agency had made preparations to evict the residents. “Some 200 residents had blockaded the area to foil the eviction,” said a resident as reported by tribunnews.com.
The security officers’ attempt to evict the residents ignored the rights of people, who held land certificates in the area. The visit of the two politicians was to support the residents. “I want to investigate the history of the area,” said Prasetyo.
Meanwhile, Arif stressed that the lawmakers from the PDI-P would reject any eviction by the Jakarta Administration. “Such problems are frequently emerging in Jakarta. It is about legality of land,” he added.
Based on Law No. 5/1960 on agrarian regulations, it strongly rules that people who have owned land from one generation to another should be prioritized in acquiring legal ownership of the land in question.
“We as PDI-P lawmakers want to fight for the people’s constitutional right over their land that had been owned from one generation to another. [In such a case] there should be no eviction,” said Arif. (bbn)
