- to free Makassar from force eviction and opt for alternative concepts and methods
- to mediate land conflicts and to provide accessible land titling for the poor
- to provide accessible and good quality public services
- to protect the poor's livelihood i.e. hawking, pedicab, and waste picking
- to plan with environmental concerns and to allow participation
The signed contract is the result from the big effort performed by KPRM, the urban poor organization in Makassar, the capital of Indonesian province of Sulawesi Selatan.
KPRM use the local election process to express their interests. A good example of how the urban poor participate in the local democracy."no need to mob the council or the mayor's house, I will voluntarily resign if I let down any Makassar's poor" said Ilham in front of thousands audience on the horse race field in Makassar (18/10).
Perpetually, the urban poor is still a desirable vote bank for politicians in Indonesia. However, a political contract such this is promising, can be use to cure democratically elected politicians from their classic pathology: premature amnesia.
ref: Tribun Timur, www.sulsel.go.id, fajar online
