Anticipating the Criminalization of Tamansari BUMDes
BANYUWANGI – The people's representatives finally responded to the polemic about the village tourism levy to Mount Ijen which was applied by Tamansari Village, Licin District. Commission I of the Banyuwangi DPRD conducted a field visit to find out more details about village regulations (curtain) which regulates the levy of Rp 3 thousand per person whose withdrawal is carried out by the Village-Owned Enterprise Tourism Unit (BUMs) at Pos Jambu, Guava Village, Tamansari Village, Licin District, the.
Originally, members of the commission in charge of government visited the Licin District office. Dear, when the people's delegation came, Tasks executor (Plt) Sub-District Head of Licin, M. Lutfi, was not there because he was attending the Village Development Planning Meeting (Musrenbangdes) Smooth.
Found that, a delegation of council members led directly by the Chairman of Commission I, Ficky Septalinda, directly to the Tamansari Village office. Just like in the Licin District office, the council members were upset because of the Tamansari village head, Rizal Saputra, and Village Secretary (Sekdes), Primary Seed, not in the office.
After the Chairman of Commission I conveyed his intention to his arrival, one of the village staff contacted Sekdes Wiji. Not long after that, Wiji came followed by the Head of the Village Consultative Body (BPD) Mahsun and Head of BUMDes Bambang.
"The village head is on his way. He has a need to go to the district government office,Wiji said. In short, Ficky said that his visit to the Tamansari Village office was to find out the details of the Perdes used as the legal basis for the BUMDes.
"We appreciate Tamansari Village for establishing BUMDes which is mandated by law (UU) so that every village has BUMDes. We want BUMDes to grow healthily. Don't let BUMDes management get caught in a legal case," he said.
Meanwhile, Sekdes Wiji said, BUMDEs Tamansari has actually been initiated since 2013. However, The business entity that aims to improve the welfare of the residents of Tamansari Village will only be realized after the village regulations which become the legal umbrella for BUMDes have been completely verified by the district government..
“Actually, this BUMDes has many business units. But, while it is only a tourism business unit that is running," he said. It says, the levy charged to Ijen visitors is Rp 3 thousand per person.
From funds of Rp 3 the thousand, ten percent is paid to the Department of Revenue (Dispenda) to pay the portion and Rp 500 to pay for the Jasa Raharja Putra insurance premium. Chairman of BPD Tamansari, mahsun, added Perdes Tamansari No 1 Year 2015 which is under the legal umbrella of the BUMDes has passed the district government's verification in February 2015.
After socializing for several months, BUMDes has been officially implemented since 24 December 2015. "We are concerned, in the midst of tourism development in Ijen, Tamansari Village got nothing. Our people only get car exhaust," she said.
According to Mahasun, The Tamansari village government together with the sub-district administration once conducted a comparative study to Bromo. The results of the comparative study, Pemdes Tamansari wants a one-stop service in the Paltuding Post area, Ijen.
“But, cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) as the holder of the area is very tough,he annoyed. The same thing was said by the Head of BUMDes Tamasari, Bambang. According to Bambang, his party has tried to cooperate with BKSDA.
Because, acknowledged or not, the people of Tamansari Village are the first forest buffer in the Mount Ijen area. “The Mount Ijen area is part of our village area,he said. He revealed, some time ago his party managed parking in the Paltuding Post area.
However, this cooperation is considered detrimental because the income received by the BUMDes is very small. "Within a week, incoming money from parking revenue of Rp 10 million. The money is held by the BKSDA, while what came to us was only Rp 1,8 million. even though, who bought our tickets, who take care of parking too us,"He regretted.
As reported, polemic about the tourism village levy to Mount Ijen worth Rp 3 thousand per person taken seriously Banyuwangi DPRD. Members of the council plan to go down to Tamansari Village, Licin District, to find out more about this problem.
Chairman of Commission I DPRD Ba nyuwangi, Ficky Septalinda, said according to regulations, BUMDes establishment must be under the umbrella of village regulations (curtain). “But, if the business unit includes a withdrawal of visiting tourism activities, we need to review and study again,” he said some time ago.
According to Ficky, business unit clauses that can be established in a BUMDes are regulated in a Government Regulation (PP) Number 43 Year 2014. "To our knowledge, such retribution collection business unit (tourism village levy in Tamansari Village) there isn't any. But, again we need to do more research. Meanwhile, we cannot issue a Perdes statement whether it is true or false,said the PDIP politician. (radar)
