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        "id": 1165395,
        "msgid": "new-rule-brings-back-soeharto-era-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-05-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "'New rule brings back Soeharto era'",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "'New rule brings back Soeharto era' The issuance of Presidential Regulation No. 36\/2005 on land acquisition for the development of public projects has given the government more power to take land off private citizens in the name of public interest. The Jakarta Post talked to residents about the issue. Ian, 36, works at a financial company at the Jakarta Stock Exchange building on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, South Jakarta. He lives with his wife in Pamulang, Tangerang.",
        "content": "<p>'New rule brings back Soeharto era'<\/p>\n<p>The issuance of Presidential Regulation No. 36\/2005 on land<br>\nacquisition for the development of public projects has given the<br>\ngovernment more power to take land off private citizens in the<br>\nname of public interest. The Jakarta Post talked to residents<br>\nabout the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Ian, 36, works at a financial company at the Jakarta Stock<br>\nExchange building on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, South Jakarta. He lives<br>\nwith his wife in Pamulang, Tangerang.<\/p>\n<p>I certainly don't agree with the regulation. The government<br>\nshould respect residents' ownership rights. It cannot simply take<br>\naway land from its owners without their consent, including<br>\nconsent about the amount of compensation paid for their land.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I would gladly sell land to the government if it<br>\ncould assure me it would really be used for the public good and<br>\nalso gave me reasonable compensation for it.<\/p>\n<p>However, what I am afraid of the most is that the regulation<br>\nwill be misused by corrupt officials to deny residents' their<br>\nrights to the land in the name of the public; that instead they<br>\nwill end up giving the land to shopping mall developers. We have<br>\nto ensure that the government announces its plans specifically<br>\nand in detail to the public so that the people can help monitor<br>\nthe implementation of the projects.<\/p>\n<p>Widyawati, 30, a marketing employee with a financial company<br>\nat the Artha Graha building on Jl. Jend. Sudirman in South<br>\nJakarta. She lives with her husband and a child in Karet, Central<br>\nJakarta.<\/p>\n<p>\"That regulation brings to mind the era of former president<br>\nSoeharto when the government was so powerful and people were<br>\nalways asked to sacrifice. I don't agree with this. The<br>\ngovernment must also consider the people's rights, not only<br>\ndemand the people render their obligations to the state.<\/p>\n<p>In the past the government failed to give decent compensation<br>\nto land owners, forcing them to move onto the city's borders<br>\nwhere land the is cheaper. This is not fair. This experience<br>\nmeans we should question what \"the public interest\" really means.<\/p>\n<p>I am also sad to observe that some officials appear to be not<br>\ntaking the opportunity to aggressively build ample public<br>\ninfrastructure projects to impress the public in order to garner<br>\npolitical support for their next elections.<br>\n--The Jakarta Post<\/p>",
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