“I fully agree that a cross-sectoral institutional body is necessary to break the deadlock we have long faced in the agrarian reform process,” Antoni said in a statement in Jakarta.
He said such a body would serve as a bridge between ministries and policymakers in tackling conflicts and implementing reforms.
Recommendations discussed include establishing an Agrarian Reform Implementing Agency, advancing the One Map Policy, and forming a parliamentary special committee (Pansus) to monitor land dispute resolution.
On Wednesday (Sept. 24), the Forestry Ministry convened a coordination meeting with the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN), the State Secretariat, the Ministry of Villages and Disadvantaged Regions, the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises, the Agrarian Reform Consortium (KPA), and several grassroots groups.
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The meeting, chaired by Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, brought together government institutions and civil society to share proposals on speeding up reform and resolving land conflicts.
KPA and other civil society organizations urged the government to address unequal land distribution, resolve longstanding disputes, and prioritize economic programs in 1.7 million hectares designated as Agrarian Reform Priority Locations (LPRA).
Proposals also called for the creation of an Agrarian Reform Implementing Agency and a special parliamentary committee to oversee reform and conflict resolution.
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