Greenpeace Deems Revised IKN Law Protects Investment, Not Biodiversity
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3 October 2023 23:52 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner, Iqbal Damanik, assessed that the revised Law on the new capital, or IKN Law, which was just passed by the House of Representatives (DPR) on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, does not revise matters that protect the environment, biodiversity, and indigenous communities.
“This revision is actually in favor of protecting investments,” Iqbal told Tempo on Tuesday.
In line with Greenpeace, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction also highlighted the provisions of Article 16A which guarantees two renewal cycles of land rights to private parties for a total period of 190 years.
In a statement relayed by Mardani Ali Sera, on Monday, October 2, the PKS considered the article violates the principle of the state's right to control the earth, water, and space as well as the principle of sovereignty in the economic sector as regulated in Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution.
“This has shown that the government has given excessive authority over land in IKN,” Iqbal said, adding that two generations would be cut short during the HGU evaluation process granted.
In addition, Greenpeace observed that the IKN development was not in the interest of society, let alone the people living in the area. In fact, Iqbal said, the construction of the new capital city in East Kalimantan will actually increase emissions. “Whether it is called a green city or not, it will be an additional source of emissions,” he said.
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