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City to appeal its defeat in land eviction case
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Workers observe the drilling machine to construct a tunnel connecting Ciliwung River and the East Flood Canal on Jl. Kebon Nans, East Jakarta, on Jan. 16, 2015. (tempo.co/Frannoto)
T
he city administration will appeal to the Supreme Court over its defeat in the land eviction case against residents of Bidara Cina, East Jakarta, at the Jakarta State Administrative Court on Monday.
“Yes, we will appeal to the Supreme Court,” said Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama.
The residents hired Yusril Ihza Hahendra as their lawyer. Yusril may run against Ahok in the 2017 gubernatorial election.
“Just let it be,” Ahok said at City Hall on Thursday as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Evicted Bidara Cina residents filed a lawsuit against a gubernatorial decree on the extension of the canal project that links Ciliwung River to the East Flood Canal.
Eni Nuraeni, a clerk at the Jakarta State Administrative Court, said on Wednesday that the judges had ruled that the decision of the city administration to expend the project was not adequately disseminated to the affected residents. Second, the decision went against good administrative principles and third, the city administration did not send representatives to the court hearings.
Yayan Yuhana, head of the administration’s legal bureau, said that the administration had seven days to prepare an appeal document to be submitted to the Supreme Court. (bbn)
