Jokowi Camp Threatens to Keep Raising Issue on Prabowo`s Land
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13 March 2019 08:47 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Erick Thohir, chairman of the Jokowi - Ma'ruf campaign team, did not deny that his team would continuously raise an issue on the concession land owned by Prabowo Subianto should the presidential candidate number 02 continually brought up issues regarding unfair land distribution in the era of Jokowi.
“The fact is Pak Jokowi implements the policy on land distribution for the people, not elites,” said Erick Thohir Tuesday, March 12 when Tempo at High-End Building, Jakarta.
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The concession land issue was brought up after Jokowi mentioned his opponent owned 220,000 hectares of land in East Kalimantan and 120,000 hectares of land in Aceh during the second presidential debate on February 17. In the session, Prabowo admitted that the land has a status of cultivation right permit (HGU) and would return it should the country ask.
Meanwhile, the running mate of Prabowo, Sandiaga Uno, claimed that he would not be bothered should the issue was highlighted by Jokowi campaign team. However, he demanded them bring out the issue impartially considering many higher-ups in Jokowi team owned vast lands as well.
Erick Thohir assessed that Sandiaga diverted the issue. “That’s a different case. We expose this issue in response to Prabowo’s allegation that Jokowi does not apply Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution. That’s the context. Jokowi distributes land for the people, not elites,” Erick noted.
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