The agenda of saving the people and living space from the destructive power of the extractive industry is getting more difficult after the Minerba Law, and the Job Creation Law were passed by the Indonesian Parliament and the Government. The two legal products open up ample legal space and guarantee investors to expand with a more extended operating period. However, several strategic areas so far have been amputated and then taken over by the Central Government.
In addition, the power of political elites and political parties at the national level control the regions, starting from who is brought up to contest and what types of policies should be implemented after elected, has become a serious problem, has been going on for a long time.
The 2020 Regional Election Simultaneously appears to have only chosen omnibus law operators, not touching the actual affairs of citizens: stopping and restoring all destructive forces of the extractive industry.