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Bali Governor Depends Bali Tradition And Culture As Is
12/06/2011

As the Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah Propinsi (RTRWP) or the Spatial Plan of Riau Province is expected to be completed in all Bali provinces in 2012, Bali governor, Made Mangku Pastika, stated that Bhisama or Bali-Hindu Religious Dogma will not be excised from the Bali provincial spatial zoning regulations (RTRWP).

Bali traditions are very strong in the province as witnesses by those tourists on Bali travel. Villas in Bali even have designs that are influenced by the Bali traditions and culture.

According to Pastika, after the legislators' and regencies' long period of debate, all that remains to be done now is for the new Bali zoning law to be implemented and enforced.

Pastika stated that applying of Bhisama to sacred areas surrounding Balinese temples is essential as a point of fundamental respect to Bali culture.

Pastika explained that the new Bali zoning law has undergone a battery of material test, as it was verified by the Department of Interior, Ministry of Forestry, and Ministry of Public Works and then brought before the Supreme Court. He further expounded that at a minimum, the new zoning law has already been verified by three ministries and the Supreme Court – all without issue.

Supposed to be completed in 2009, the Bali's new zoning law while on its way to implementation has been faced with strong resistance from Bali's regents and mayors who were reluctant to submit to a provincial law or surrender their right to grant easements and exemptions to specific points of provincial zoning legislation.

Championed by Bali's governor, the new Bali zoning law mandates that regents and administrators found guilty of trying to circumvent the new zoning law can face up to five years imprisonment.

With strong and very vocal support from religious and Bali traditions groups, the law is now a legal certainty.

Currently, there are 15 provinces that have completed the RTRWP. They include South Kalimantan, Gorontalo, Papua, Bengkulu, Lampung, Central Java, Yogyakarta, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi, West Java, Banten, East Java, East Nusa Tenggara, and Jakarta.