JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Jerinx, a drummer of an Indonesian band Superman is Dead, has asked President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to cancel the reclamation project of Tanjung Benoa in South of Bali during a meeting at the State Palace, Wednesday (Apr. 15).
Jerinx told the press about the request from the musicians to Jokowi to soon revoke the Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 51/2014.
Said Perpres has been a long target of criticism from environmental activists as they believed the regulation was issued to support the investor’s plan of Tanjung Benoa reclamation project. Those activists are worrying about ecological disaster.
The Perpres 51/2014 rules about the amendment of Perpres 45/2011 on the Spatial Planning of the Areas of SARBATIGA (Denpasar, Badung, Tabanan, and Gianyar). The Perpres 51/2014 was signed by the Sixth President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) back in June 2014.
The Perpres 51/2014 has eliminated some articles that stipulates Tanjung Benoa as a conservation area. Instead, said Perpres changes Tanjung Benoa as a buffer zone. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)