Joint Statement
The Kapuk Poglar Anti- Demolition
Committee took the initiative to make this Joint Stance Statement and encourage
all organizations to be incorporated and involved by way of listing the name of
the Organization in the Joint statement.
STOP ALL FORMS OF DEMOLITION,
INTIMIDATION, AND TERROR THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE POLDA METRO JAYA TOWARDS THE
PEOPLE OF KAPUK POGLAR
Demolition of the people’s homes in rural or urban
areas are done more and more intensively by the regime under Joko Widodo. In
the name of development, and land management, river normalization, up to the
creation of a so called Smart city, all of these reasons are used to evict the
people’s homes. These conditions happen in a big cities, specifically the
capital city of Jakarta. Jakarta has become a very unfriendly city for demolition
the poor. Since 2016, according to a release by LBH Jakarta, there are 325
points that will be subject to demolition in Jakarta. One of those points
include Kapuk Poglar, Kapuk region, Cengkareng, West Jakarta.
Since 2016 until now, the people of Kapuk Poglar
RT07 RW04 is again threatened for demolition. These threats had been done since
the years 1995, 1997, and 2002. Here the threat raises due to the Central
Police Headquarters (Polda Metro Jaya), who wishes to build a two-tower police
barracks with the legal basis of Land use Certificate above a land of 15.900 meters,
which are currently inhabited by 166 family heads with 641 people in total.
In its history, the people of Kapuk Poglar had lived
in the area since 1970. The people have built in an Area which had originally
been an uninhabited swamp. Aside from that, the people had regularly paid
taxes, obtained ID cards and Family cards from the local government. The local
people lived in the area with the permit of a local landlord named Emah
Sarijah, and Epen, which has legal rights to the land. Even after this, the
police still intervenes and insists to forcefully evict the people. Through
statements and banners that intimidates the people to get them to empty their
homes by 8th of February 2018, the date will be the expected time
the police will execute the eviction.
In this case, the police has stood over existing
laws. Seeing the Law No.5 year 1960 about Agraria (UUPA), the land which in
reality has been inhabited by the people for tens of years with good faith will
be protected and will be given the rights to the said land. Even though the
police claims the land with a certificate made in 1994, de facto the Police has
never used the land. If so if Polda has a claim to the land then it shall be
forfeited due to Article 27 of UUPA.
Not only that, in order to realize its programs the
Police continues to conduct intimidations and terrorizes the people. More than
once have the police come to the place with many personnel, marching on the
location, marching with biker units, making formations, and of course carrying
their Kalashnikov rifles. In this case not few of the elder experienced shock
and became sick due to the fear. Other than this, the authorities have taken
Handphones of the people who recorded their attempts. Even directly, they
mocked the people of Kapuk poglar for staying there. This shows the true
characteristic of the Police authorities who have sworn themselves to the Fascist
regime.
The police does not have the authority to directly
evict the land of the people. According to article 195 and 196 HIR, the
authority of evicting is solely by the court. If direct executions of the
eviction is done by Polda Metro Jaya, then it is an unjustified illegal act.
Aside from this, the rights of the people over their lives and the land is a
right that cannot be bargained or ignored for. This right is regulated in
article 28H part 1 of the 1945 constitution. The acts of Polda metro jaya in this
case by planning to execute and evict people themselves without considering the
rights of the people over their land and on proper living is a human rights
offense. This is also organized in the resolution of the Human Rights
commission of the UN no.2004/28 about restrictions of forced evictions.
The case which happened in Kapuk Poglar is a reality
that the regional and the central government and their institutions never does
side with the common people. The people thus becomes the target of repression and
exploitation. The people are not against development and progress, however what
is done today is only for the interests of investments, large capitalists, and
not to forward the interests of the people. The people has been seen many forms
of evictions which does not at all orientate towards the interests of the
people. Forced relocations to flats instead increases the suffering and poverty
of the people. This is not counting the other social effects, including the
loss of jobs, social environment, and the future of the children.
The majority of the people who live in the target of
demolition are industrial proletarians, small scale workers and small merchants,
with very few incomes. These living conditions and worsening economies make the
people unable to live in houses nor apartments which the state continues to
build.
The Political promises of the State governor of DKI
Jakarta Anis-Sandi to provide cheap homes, stopping the reclamation, stopping demolition,
are all slanders and lies. Anis-Sandi does no change from the leadership of DKI
Jakarta under Ahok previously, who also orient himself towards the rule of the
large capital. This means that the people shall no more put trust in their
future towards the state nor anyone in the circle of leadership. Only by the
power of the people’s unity shall all victories be achieved.
As according to the above conditions, thus the Anti-Demolition
Committee (KTP) – Kapuk Poglar declares and demands:
1. For
Polda Metro Jaya to stop executing forced demolition in RT07 RW04, Kapuk
Poglar. For them to stop all of their plans of demolished on all reasons and
giving all the rights to the people for them to live in their homes.
2. For
Polda Metro Jaya to stop all forms of intimidation and terror which had been
done by the police or other institutions to the people of Kapuk Poglar.
3. For
the governor of DKI Jakarta to give legal protection and social protection to
the people of Kapuk Poglar RT07 RW04 from the plan of forced eviction by Polda
Metro Jaya.
4. The
Governor of DKI Jakarta shall stop all forms of eviction, organizing, and
reclamation schemes in the name of development which does not benefit the
people of DKI Jakarta. Give all the basic rights, basic guarantees, and access
to public facilities to the people of Kapuk Poglar and all the people of DKI
Jakarta.
5. To
the President of the Republic of Indonesia to guarantee that there shall be no
more forced demolition and land grabs of the people’s land. Conduct real
Agrarian Reforms.
Other than this, we would also tell all the people
of DKI Jakarta and the oppressed peoples of Indonesia to continue to build a
strong unity and resist all forms of takings of their basic rights.
Our
Respects,
11. Forum
Warga Kapuk Poglar
22. Gabungan
Serikat Buruh Indonesia (GSBI)
Jakarta
33. Aliansi
Gerakan Reforma Agraria (AGRA)
44. Keluarga
Besar Buruh Migran Indonesia (KABAR
BUMI)
55. Liga
Mahasiswa Nasional untuk Demokrasi (LMND)
66. Front
Nasional (FN) UNAS
77. Gerakan
Mahasiswa Nasional Indonesia (GMNI)
Jakarta Selatan
88. Aksi
Kaum Muda Indonesia (AKMI)
99. Pergerakan
Mahasiswa Islam Indonesia (PMII)
UNAS
110. Front
Mahasiswa Nasional (FMN)
111. Serikat
Pemuda Jakarta (SPJ)
112. Serikat
Perempuan Indonesia (SERUNI)
113. Lembaga
Bantuan Hukum Jakarta (LBH Jakarta)
Contact Person:
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