Agrarian Reform As a Nationalism Issue from Colonial to Reformasi Era
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Kameo, Bambang Ismanto, Pamerdi Giri Wiloso ......................................... 102-118 Paramita:Paramita: Historical Historical Studies Studies Journal, Journal, 29(1), 29(1), 2019: 2019 28-42 ISSN: 0854-0039, E-ISSN: 2407-5825 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/paramita.v29i1.13633 AGRARIAN REFORM AS A NATIONALISM ISSUE FROM COLONIAL TO REFORMASI ERA Retor AW Kaligis Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik (STISIP) Widuri, Jakarta ABSTRACT ABSTRAK Agrarian reform has always been regarded as a Reformasi agraria selalu dianggap sebagai communism-related issue in Indonesia as it is masalah yang berkaitan dengan komunisme often associated with the unilateral action ot di Indonesia karena sering dikaitkan dengan the BTI (Indonesian Farmers' Union)/ PKI aksi sepihak BTI (Barisan Tani Indonesia) / (Indonesian Communist Party) in the first mid PKI (Partai Komunis Indonesia) pada per- of 1960s. The stigma is still attached to this tengahan 1960-an. Stigma masih melekat present time. Whereas, agrarian reform is ac- pada saat ini. Padahal, reforma agraria tually a policy that relates with various ideolo- sebenarnya adalah kebijakan yang berkaitan gies to reach different objectives. The step to dengan berbagai ideologi untuk mencapai conduct agrarian reform has been started since tujuan yang berbeda. Langkah untuk 1926 when Perhimpunan Indonesia (PI) or Indo- melakukan reformasi agraria telah dimulai nesian Association, an organization led by sejak 1926 ketika Perhimpunan Indonesia Mohammad Hatta in the Netherland created (PI), sebuah organisasi yang dipimpin oleh the land restructured program as a part of In- Mohammad Hatta di Belanda menciptakan donesian independence plan. In 1948, Mo- program restrukturisasi tanah sebagai bagian hammad Hatta as the Prime Minister prepared dari rencana kemerdekaan Indonesia. Pada a draft of National Agrarian Law. The target tahun 1948, Mohammad Hatta sebagai Per- was only then achieved 12 years later through dana Menteri menyiapkan rancangan UU the legalization of the Principal Law of Agrari- Agraria Nasional. Target tersebut baru an of 1960. This study employed a historical tercapai 12 tahun kemudian melalui legalisasi comparative study to explore the agrarian re- Undang-Undang Pokok Agraria tahun 1960. form in Indonesia postcolonial country as a Studi ini menggunakan studi perbandingan nationalism-related issue used to strengthen historis untuk mengeksplorasi reformasi the national sovereignty and to improve the agraria di Indonesia pascakolonial sebagai isu life of the citizens. terkait nasionalisme yang digunakan untuk memperkuat kedaulatan nasional dan untuk Keyword: agrarian reform, nationalism, colo- meningkatkan kehidupan warga. nialism, post-colonial era. Kata kunci: reformasi agraria, nasionalisme, kolonialisme, era pasca-kolonial. Author correspondence Email: [email protected] 28 Available online at http://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/paramita Paramita: Historical Studies Journal, 29(1), 2019 INTRODUCTION the government also formed an Agrarian Since the era of colonialism until the pre- Committee in BP KNIP meeting in Sep- sent time, it is often said that Indonesian tember 16th 1948. Prime Minister Hatta people have been regarded fail to advance stated that the committee was formed to due to its spoiling fertile and rich land. prepare the law to restructure the land ten- Whereas at the same time, political and ure through the implementation of land capital network have marginalized the division system and limited-right of land community away from this fertile and rich tenure (Hatta, 2015: 96-97). After going land. Most of the natural resources have through a long process, the objective was been enjoyed by a few foreign and domes- finally achieved as the Act Number 5 of tic investors. 1960 about the Basic Principles of Agrari- Before the presence of the Western an, or Undang-Undang Pokok Agraria colonialism, across-island trading and in- (UUPA) was legalized. ternational trading in Archipelago had Hatta is a drafter of Article 33 of the been run for centuries. In that era, the mid 1945 Constitution. If cooperative is seen -class society used to consist of ship own- as the manifestation of Article 33 para- ers and merchant. However, the presence graph (1), then agrarian reform is the con- of Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie crete step of the article (3). The point of (VOC) which monopolized the crops trad- Hatta's ideals was the management of eco- ing had made local communities pressed nomic resources based on social justice. and the contents of their economic life The UUPA of 1960 was intended to modi- shrank. After taking over the trade route, fy the imbalance land tenure system the Dutch colonials distorted the land ten- through the distribution and protection of ure system within the community and had rights upon farmers’ land, limitation of the the community worked as low-paid la- land ownership rights to a maximum of 5 bors. Therefore, ever since the movement hectares. However, various obstacles oc- activity in 1920s, agrarian issues have be- curred in the implementation of the agrari- come the major agenda of the nationalists an reform including protests from the ma- to fight against economic inequality struc- jor landowners and bureaucratic officials ture due to colonialism. who supported the landlords. The unilat- Muhammad Hatta was the pioneer eral action held by the BTI (Barisan Tani of the agrarian reform (land reform). In Indonesia) or Indonesian Farmers' Union / 1926, under his leadership, Perhimpunan PKI (Indonesian Communist Party) in the Indonesia in the Netherlands proclaimed first half of the 1960s was intended to the abolition of private-owned land in "accelerate" the implementation of agrari- Dutch East Indies (Hatta, 1998: 152-3). an reform which then sparked social con- After returned to homeland, Hatta started flicts in some regions. to focus on people’s sovereignty and ana- The agrarian reform effort then met lyzed the land tenure system which results a deadlock as the political power shifted were published in some edition of Daulat from the Old Order to the New Order. Ra’jat newspaper in 1930s. Under Panitia The distribution of land tenure became Adat (the Custom Committee) in Japanese way too unequal when the New Order era, Hatta proposed a system to limit the government opened