BALI — The 10th WWF in Bali was able to restore water management in accordance with the constitutional mandate in the Law.
As Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution states, the earth, water and natural resources contained therein are controlled by the state and used for the prosperity of the people.
Therefore, Chairman of the United Indonesian Archipelago Fighters Organization (PNIB) Gus Wal fully supports the government’s efforts to limit water commercialization.
“PNIB supports the government’s efforts to limit water commercialization. “People have the right to get clean water for free,” he stressed.
“People need water for the future, it should not be commercialized openly for the benefit of investors. “Paid water is only for industrial goods, not for people who have difficulties with clean water, but instead it becomes paid,” he continued.
The 10th WWF Summit in Bali was a momentum to restore water management as mandated by law.
“Restore the mandate of the law to the interests of the nation, the welfare of the people is a fixed price, the interests of investors must be limited. “Return water management to the state,” explained Gus Wal.
Likewise, the Deputy Chair of the DPR RI BKSAP, Putu Supadma Rudana, also emphasized that water use should not be excessive at all and should not benefit certain parties through commercialization.
“Because water is an important commodity, a basic right of the people, a human right, and this water should not be excessively profitable for private parties or commercialized,” he said.
For this reason, WWF will be able to provide discussions on regulations so that water use is for the sake of shared prosperity.
“In our regulations it is also clear that water and earth and others are also for the welfare of the community,” said Putu.
So that Indonesia, as the host of the event, continues to encourage equitable water management, even touching small islands.
Director of Forestry and Water Resources Conservation at Bappenas, Medrilzam, said that the Indonesian government is now not only building facilities to increase water capacity, but is also encouraging the integration of water conservation efforts.
Some of them include the government mainstreaming the issue of water management on small islands.
“On small islands, we know that the water is problematic, and we know very well the problems in countries that have small islands, outermost islands and so on. “Therefore, this remains a priority,” said Medrilzam.