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Deputy minister urges stronger local-government role in Indonesia’s agrarian reform

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

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  • Deputy Home Affairs Minister Bima Arya Sugiarto called for stronger local-government involvement in Indonesia’s agrarian reform program.
  • He highlighted coordinated development planning, stronger Agrarian Reform Task Forces, financing support and cooperation among ministries and agencies.
  • Agrarian Reform Task Forces have been formed in all 38 provinces and 311 districts or cities, while fiscal disparities remain a funding concern.

Indonesia’s local governments need a stronger role in carrying out agrarian reform, Deputy Home Affairs Minister Bima Arya Sugiarto said at a parliamentary meeting in Jakarta.

Bima said local-government involvement should include synchronising development plans, strengthening Agrarian Reform Task Forces, providing financing and coordinating with ministries and agencies to resolve land disputes. The Home Affairs Ministry issues annual guidelines for regional government work plans, including activities related to agrarian reform.

He said the ministry also supports technical planning and monitors efforts to accelerate the preparation of regional and detailed spatial plans. Agrarian Reform Task Forces are led by regional heads, with the heads of provincial or regional offices of the National Land Agency serving as day-to-day implementers. The task forces coordinate the provision of land for reform and help resolve agrarian conflicts within their authority.

The Home Affairs Ministry also issues guidelines for Regional Government Work Plans every year as a guide for all local governments in carrying out activities, including those related to agrarian reform.

· Bima Arya SugiartoBima described the ministry’s support for coordinating regional planning.

The task forces have been established in all 38 provinces and 311 districts and cities. Bima said limited local fiscal capacity could hinder programs designed to empower people who receive land certificates through agrarian reform.

“We believe that fiscal disparities between regions should not become an obstacle to agrarian reform activities,” Bima said. He called for efficiency, alternative financing, cooperation between regions, partnerships with businesses and funding coordination with ministries and agencies. The ministry is also working with relevant institutions on overlapping administrative boundaries, forest areas, plantation-use rights and land data, including by updating data on villages located in forest areas.

We believe that fiscal disparities between regions should not become an obstacle to agrarian reform activities.

· Bima Arya SugiartoHe addressed funding inequalities that could hinder agrarian reform programs.
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