Deputy Minister: Land Administration Bill to Deliver Better System
Deputy Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Ossy Dermawan has stated that the Draft Law (RUU) on Land Administration represents the government’s effort to realise an improved land system. “This is our collective effort to ensure that Indonesia’s land administration system will be better in the present and the future,” Ossy said in Jakarta on Monday.
The Ministry of ATR/BPN held a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) on Land Policy Evaluation to strengthen the material and substance of the drafting of the Land Administration Bill. The forum brought in Commission II of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR RI) as a strategic partner in the legislative process to provide input, views and reinforcement of the substance regulated in the bill.
Deputy Minister Ossy said that through this forum, the regulation that will eventually be enacted is targeted to be more comprehensive, adaptive and capable of answering the challenges of land administration implementation in Indonesia. “Good regulation must be born from dialogue, from various thoughts, inputs and views, academic studies, and perspectives that we can obtain from various parties, including of course from the Leaders and Members of Commission II of the DPR RI,” he said.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Commission II of the DPR RI, M. Rifqinizamy Karsayuda, welcomed the initiative of the Ministry of ATR/BPN in pushing forward the drafting of the Land Administration Bill. According to him, the regulation can resolve various fundamental issues that have also been a concern of Commission II of the DPR RI. He revealed that there are at least three issues frequently complained about by the public regarding land affairs: first, the issue of overlap between other use areas (APL) and forest areas. Second, the complexity of managing various types of assets located within APL areas, and third, the need for synchronisation and harmonisation of spatial data mismatches, overlapping authority, and duplication of requirements in spatial planning and investment licensing in Indonesia. “Hopefully, with the future Land Administration Law, we can resolve these issues,” he said.
Previously, the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) held a Kick Off Meeting for the Preparation of the Action Plan for the Draft Law on Land Administration in January 2026. The activity, which took place at the Ministry of ATR/BPN in Jakarta, is a follow-up to the Land Administration Bill that was decided upon in the level I plenary meeting of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR RI), as an effort to encourage the resolution of various issues in the land sector. The most macro aspect of drafting this law is certainly to realise a land administration system that is orderly, transparent, accountable and integrated, while possessing legal certainty and serving as a national legal umbrella for all land management. The Land Administration Bill will become an important foundation in guaranteeing certainty of land rights, strengthening the land administration system, and supporting agrarian reform in a broad sense.