IMPROVEMENT OF CONFLICT OF AGRARIAN PERIOD PANDEMIC COVID-19 DUE TO GOVERNMENT POLICY ON LAND ACQUISITION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The Covid-19 Pandemic period did not hinder the implementation of land acquisition for infrastructure development to realize the Vision of Advanced Indonesia 2045 as the top 5 world economic powers. Land acquisition often does not benefit the affected people, causing conflict. The purpose of the study is to understand the legal aspects of land acquisition for infrastructure development, the factors causing the increase in agrarian conflicts in the infrastructure sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the legal protection of the community for land acquisition for infrastructure development. The approach method is normative juridical, descriptive analysis research specifications, types and sources of data based on secondary data, and qualitative data analysis. The results of the study, First, thegovernment's policy to ratify the Job Creation Law in providing convenience for corporations to carry out land acquisition has ignored Article 33 paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution. Second, infrastructure development contributes to increasing agrarian conflicts dueto closed, intimidating, manipulative processes, to use of violence against affected communities. Third. The Law on Land Funding for Development in the Public Interest has not been able to provide legal protection for the rights of the people whose land is used as the object of infrastructure development.