Legal Protection of Sustainable Food Agricultural Land in Sleman Regency: Samun Ismaya Public Defense Examination

“The decreasing of food agricultural land in Sleman Regency by the time has the potential to hamper government policies related to the protection of sustainable food agricultural land.”

[KALIURANG]; The Doctoral Study Program of Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, held the public defense examination at the FH UII Auditorium on (27/01). Promovendus, Samun Ismaya succeeded in obtaining a doctorate by defending his dissertation with the title “Legal Protection of Sustainable Food Farming Land in Sleman Regency Based on Regional Regulation No. 6 of 2020 About Protection of Sustainable Food Farming Land”.

In his dissertation, Samun Ismaya studied and analyzed Sleman Regency Regional Regulation No. 6 of 2020 concerning the Protection of Sustainable Food Agricultural Land to find the cause of the lack of implementation of this regional Regulation in terms of implementing legal protection of sustainable food agricultural land. Promovendus also reviewed and analyzed the institutional structure in Sleman Regency Regional Regulation No. 6 of 2020 concerning the Protection of Sustainable Food Agricultural Land to find answers about why the Regulation is not being implemented.

The results of Samun Ismaya’s dissertation stated at least two things: first, the legal substance of Sleman Regency Regional Regulation No. 6 of 2020 concerning the Protection of Sustainable Food Farming Land has not met the aspect of legal certainty, especially the aspect of juridical enforceability, that there is an indication about juridical defect in the Regional Regulation, namely non-compliance with the principle of assistance/medebewind duties. Second, the unclear division of authority to organize the protection of sustainable food agriculture land between the Sleman Regency Regional Government, the Yogyakarta Special Region Provincial Government, and the Central Government resulted from uncertainty in using the assistance/medebewind principle.

On this occasion, the public defense examination session was chaired by the Dean of FH UII, Prof. Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi, S.H., M.Hum., with members consisting of Promoter, Prof. Dr. Nurhasan Ismail, S.H., M.Sc., Co-Promoter, Mukmin Zakie, S.H., M.H., Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Achmad Sodiki, S.H., Prof. Dr. Sudjito, S.H., M.Si., Prof. Dr. Ni’matul Huda, S.H., M.Hum., and Prof. Dr. Ridwan, S.H., M. Hum.

After presenting his dissertation and answering questions the board of examiners asked, Samun Ismaya was successfully appointed as a Doctor of Law. He officially holds the 171st doctoral degree with a structured learning system at PSHPD FH UII. At the end of the session, the Promoter, Prof. Dr. Nurhasan Ismail, S.H., M.Sc., congratulated him and advised him to continue developing himself.