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Jokowi’s agrarian reforms likely to fall short of target this year
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People show their land certificates to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in Cilacap in Central Java. (JP/Haeril Halim)
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he administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will likely fail to reach its target of distributing a total of 5 million land certificates to people across the country this year, as data shows that as of June the Agrarian and Spatial Ministry only managed to hand over about 50,000 of them.
Agrarian and Spatial Minister Sofyan Djalil said that his office had so far only distributed 50,000 land certificates to people nationwide because certificates were only handed over when President Jokowi was on working visits to the regions.
“We have issued more than that, actually. [However, the problem is] certificate distribution relies on working visits of the President to the regions,” Sofyan told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
Sofyan acknowledged that the number of certificates that his office had issued as of Friday was still far below the 5 million target set by Jokowi, but he refused to give specific figures.
During his recent work trip to Central Java, President Jokowi distributed 2,550 and 2,187 land certificates to people of various occupations in Cilacap and Purwokerto respectively. A total of 500,000 certificates are to be distributed in Central Java.
The land certification program is part of Jokowi’s ambitious agrarian reform policy that aims to certify 126 million hectares of land across the country.
Jokowi said that of the total, only 46 million hectares had been certified and his administration would step up efforts to issue certificates for the remaining 80 million in the next few years.
In 2018, the government aims to distribute 7 million certificates and in the following year the number is to increase to 9 million.
