Communication Model In Company And Community Land Dispute Settlement In Pelawan District

Abstract

There are many land conflicts in Indonesia, both in cities and in rural areas, between communities and companies. Expansion of oil palm plantation companies and industrial forest plantations (HTl) causes most of the land conflicts that occur. This is the result of decisions made by public officials granting concession licenses to companies. This permit is granted on land that is actually owned and cultivated by local residents. Because of this, the dissatisfied people complained about the problem to the responsible local government. Pelalawan District, most conflicts occur between communities and companies. There was a land conflict between the people of Kerumutan District, Pelalawan Regency, and PT. Subur Valley Sari. The adat leader believes that the community owns the land because they lived there when PT. Sari Lembah Subur was founded. People started living in this Kerumutan sub- district in 1960, but PT. Sari Lembah Subur was first established in 1988. PT. Sari Lembah Subur is now building oil palm trees on the conflicted land from shrubs. The local government, as the mediating party in this case, is still resolving the conflict in the Kerumutan sub-district. The research objectives are as follows: (1) to analyze and develop a communication model for land dispute conflicts between businesses and communities; and (2) developing a communication model for land dispute conflicts between businesses and communities. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach to process field data collected through interviews and field observations. The results of the study show that several things that have caused conflict in the Pelalawan community are as follows: the land that has been cultivated by the community must be returned to the company because the land is included in the company's HGU; the company can also provide compensation for the land; or community land can be exchanged. However, only usufructuary rights can become property rights, so the community ends up demanding that the company sell their land. In this case, the government has made every effort to protect the community, but because the company has been inconsistent, the government has always been the intermediary. In this land conflict, initial communication models such as SMCR, Interaction Communication Model, and Linear Communication Model (Adler and Rodman) were used.