By: Made Raditya ) *
FPI again made trouble because it was caught taking possession of state-owned land. They claim that the land has been purchased, but there is no certificate as proof. The public is increasingly not sympathetic to these mass organizations, because they act arbitrarily and are detrimental to the state.
After the commander was arrested, FPI was back in the headlines . This time they were arrested arbitrarily taking over land belonging to PTPN VII in the Afdeling Cikopo Selatan area of Gunung Mas Plantation , Megamendung, Bogor Regency. Unmitigated, the land area captured was 30.91 hectares. On that land a building for FPI’s Markaz is already standing.
Acquisition of land belonging to the state company is in violation of the law, because the land certificate is still in the name of PTPN. They could be prosecuted for building buildings without permits and causing losses to PTPN’s assets. Buildings that are already standing can be threatened with demolition, because they are considered illegal buildings.
Representatives of the FPI legal team have denied the charges of confiscation, because they have already paid for the land to the farmers who cultivated the land. However, the only proof is a receipt and an operative certificate for land transfer from a resident named Beni. The public laughed at this spontaneous statement, because they did not have certificates such as HGB and HGU.
How can someone buy such a vast land without asking for an official certificate? Could it be that they are deceived by people who claim to own the land? FPI is said to have a team of legal experts, but they do not understand the law . Even though it is no longer functional, it does not mean that it becomes illegal land, because the legal status of the land still belongs to the state.
PTPN then punished FPI for taking state land without permission, and their Islamic markaz was in danger of being evicted. However, the mass organization persisted and said that the land had not been used for 25 years. Whereas historically, the land belonging to PTPN was taken over by residents, then bought by FPI.
Gunara, a former Director of Asset Management of PTPN VII, explained that the land belonging to FPI, historically, belongs to the state which was taken over by local people. Of the total 1,623 hectares of land, 352 hectares were unilaterally taken over. They cannot escape, because in BPN, the land certificate is still in the name of PTPN.
This case surprised the public because organizations such as FPI set up headquarters as well as teaching places on land which turned out to be illegal. How can they get blessings, if they take over the land at will? No wonder so many people want this mass organization to be disbanded, because it has repeatedly caused losses to the state and caused trouble.
FPI also has no excuse if a lot of state land has been confiscated because it is no longer functional, and asks why are they only being troubled ? The reason is because it is not their capacity to take care of it. Why interfere in state matters if you don’t have any position in government? They can only attack without having authentic proof.
Indonesia is a rule of law, if FPI violates the law, it must be dealt with. They can no longer play the victim and act again while asking for public compassion, that the case in Megamendung is the criminalization of religious leaders. Because the guilty is an ordinary citizen. Being a religious leader does not automatically mean that you are immune from the law.
FPI must be willing to return the land they seized from PTPN, because even though the land has not been used yet, it is still legally owned by the state. They cannot make all kinds of excuses, because the certificate is proven to belong to PTPN. The public is increasingly antipathy to this mass organization because it always blames the state and is brave enough to seize government assets.
) * The author is a citizen living in Tangerang
