Messianism on Menak Reclaiming at Sumedang
Gilang Ramadhan
Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa
Abstract
This research is about how menak reclaim right of landowner from Pemda Sumedang. This case was begin at 1996 when BPN Sumedang set up Land Consolidation (LC) project that must be land acquisition at kelurahan Situ, North Sumedang. In the middle of project there are many mistake in land measurement that resulting in losses of landowners. Not yet over, the project was abandoned until 2010 when local government launching Induk Pusat Pemerintahan Kabupaten Sumedang (IPP) in the same location. Even though the landowner for decades never received a compensation, even utilize their land for farming, business, and build a material when LC and IPP occupy their rights. Obscurity fate of menak that causes them to against Pemda Sumedang for gaining compensation. Therefore this research specifically aims to identify the factors which nurture the resistance movement from among menak, and how it can operated and developed to reach their goals to get compensation. This research is a qualitative research, designed as a descriptive method. I-ts finding that all the loss that held by menak cant move them onto mass movement, caused of many of elder among them, and the fact that menak had no confrontation culture since feodalism era in Indonesia so that menak delegate their affairs to the youngest ancestry Mr Syawaludin to prosecute they matters to Pemda Sumedang in behalf of menak. This movement has messianism characteristic because just rely on a person of menak ancestry who protests against Pemda Sumedang. Menak reclaiming movement can develop until confrontation with Pemda Sumedang moreover still exist for 20 years can-t be separated from menak culture devotion to elders and keeping trusted. The resistance takes direct state organization incluing Komnas HAM, Ombudsman and letter for President, mass media, even through social media.
Keywords: Reclaiming Movement, Messianism, Menak, Land Tenure
Topic: Conflict and Reconciliation