InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Former Regent of Buol for two period (2012 - 2017 and 2017 – 2022), H. Amirudin Rauf said big palm oil plantation companies did not deliver advantages in the region.

He said, there were more losses than the advantages. The investments of big companies in natural resource sectors did not create welfare but inherit poverty to the next generations. “This is where the country should exist to manage natural resources. The country should be in the middle (of the society) and taking partisanship for the people,” he said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Monday (17/7/2023).

It is time for the villagers of Buol to get their rights. He also suggested, every party both the regional government and Legislators of Buol should struggle for their fate. The regional government should allocate enough fund to get the case done to serve justice for the villagers. This would be running well if the government also supports it. There is no use to deliver area permit to be substituted as big plantations.

“I think the areas should be delivered for the people, not big plantations. Do not publish recommendation to big plantations for there would be disaster and inheriting poverty. Keep the land of Buol. It is for the villagers of Buol,” he said. (T2)