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Purwokerto people enjoying land reform program
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Locals greet President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during his visit to the Manis Market in Purwokerto, Banyumas regency, Central Java. (thejakartapost.com/Agus Maryono)
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n a bid to speed up the process of issuing land certificates to people across the country, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo handed over 2,187 of them in Purwokerto, Banyumas regency, on Friday.
This is the second similar event during the trip. Jokowi passed 2,500 land certificates to people of various occupations on Thursday in Cilacap.
Jokowi said that many conflicts in society were caused by the lack of land certificates. "Citizens conflict with one another in society and between citizens and local governments [also conflict] because of uncertified land. With a certificate in hand, then you are legitimate owner of the land and no one else can claim it as theirs," Jokowi said at the event.
The land certification program is part of Jokowi's ambitious agrarian reform policy that seeks to certify 126 million hectares of land across the country.
The government plans to issue a total of 5 million land certificates nationwide this year. About 500,000 certificates would be for people in Central Java.
Jokowi said that having a certificate did not only prove the ownership of land, but land owners also could use them as guarantees for loans from banks to fund their businesses.
"Don't use the money to buy luxury items," Jokowi said.
In 2018, the government aims to issue a total of 7 million certificates, while the plan for 2019 is 9 million.
