unnamed interests and informal leaders: a street vendor relocation in yogyakarta city
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Unnamed Interests and Informal Leaders: A Street Vendor Relocation in Yogyakarta City An elaboration of journal: Sheri Gibbings. “Unnamed Interests and Informal Leaders: "A Street Vendor Relocation in Yogyakarta City”. Indonesia, 96 (October 2013), pp. 151-185"; fulfilling the Indonesian Language and Culture subject in Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. by: Silvio Adriano & Laura PatriciaTRANSCRIPT
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UNNAMED INTERESTS AND INFORMAL LEADERS:
A STREET VENDOR RELOCATION IN YOGYAKARTA
CITY
Silvio Adriano Shiddiq Suparyaman / 342806!Laura Patricia / 344142!
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Introduction
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backgroundrelocation plan had raised questions to
Pethikbumi (Paguyuban Pedagang Klitikan Mangkubumi)
municipal government was trying to impose this relocation onto the street vendors in an undemocratic manner."
Herry wants to build a specialized market for antiques and second-hand goods because the prospects would be good.
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legal aid organization and a student activists’ group were helping to support Pethikbumi in its opposition of the relocation."
effect
protest engage mass media
improved government
transparency & accountability
urban political environment has been
affected by the implementation of new democratic and
decentralization policies"
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informal leadersThree different generations
of informal leadersat the neighborhood level
in Bandung."
headed football and
wrestling clubs, had strong
connections with the army
leaders in their own
right, based their prominence on
past
leaders gained
recognition from organizing informal
sector workers, such as street
traders
different kind of leader has
emerged—still informal, but less tough,
more entrepreneurial,
and more political
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role of the mayor and informal leaders at the city level during a government-organized street vendor relocation project that
took place in late 2007, which moved three groups of traders in Yogyakarta City from downtown streets to an enclosed marketplace."
focus
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informal leaders
individuals who are not elected to office or working as civil
servants, yet who hold significant authority in the city."
informal leaders are not
entirely separate from the state.
state has been active in
shaping the forms of informal authority
that exist in the city
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informal leaders, who were not street vendors themselves,appeared to help facilitate the relocation (or its opposition)."
reality
experience organizing
protests
contacting political parties
gain authority by
navigate social-politic channels
in city
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informal leaders involved
professional human-rights
advocate
tough guy
individual
influence change in the city through formal and legal channels while using the
discourses of human rights and democracy
large number of followers, his spiritual qualities, and his ability to control populations through both the use and inhibition of
violence
operates through any channel necessary—whether formal,
legal in order to succeed (professional/educated
individuals)
BPHK, the NGO Network, and
PPIP
Ahmad - Ethnic
Organization Leader
Djoko - Human Rights
Lawyer
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formal leaders
listen to and “dialogue” with the traders
forging ahead with the relocation project—without considering the possibility of re-ordering the street as the Pethikbumi traders had
requested.
to compete with the informal leaders for the support of
traders
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Informal Leaders in Context: Suspicion and Rumors
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informal leaders
democratization and
decentralization"
transfer of administrative and political authority to the lower levels
of government
municipalities are responsible for a wide range of new administrative
tasks
Reformasi has given rise to human rights organizations in
Yogyakarta City
mayor has found himself having to
compete for the loyalty of traders with the informal leaders who
oppose his plans
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what really happened?
individuals continued to be suspicious of various actors
there remains an off-stage realm of politics.
while the mayor appeared to be
engaging in democratic debate and diplomacy
created a horizontal conflict among the traders in order to
weaken the power of their group.
plans to kidnap the street vendor
preman (thugs) were
being used to intimidate
government threat to label
person as provokator and
blacklist him
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hyper - hermeneuticspeople’s inclination to distrust appearances and search for
hidden meanings and messages"
operating “behind the screen
paid agents of unnamed interests
unnamed interests
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Patron–Client Relations and the City
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social and political life
networks of informal mass organizations were related to political parties"
through these informal relations that people could gain access to permits, loans, or other necessities"
Herry wants to build a specialized market for antiques and second-hand goods because the prospects would be good.
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during New Order
street vendors paid off municipal officials, the military, or thugs in return for protection"
“connections are always above the law”"
Yogyakarta City primarily depended on
thugs, official and ethnic networks "
protect them in exchange for the payment of informal
taxes
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patron-client relationship
citizens seeking favors
individual officials was based on an exchange of
money, food, or goods.
exchange of political support and an adherence to Pancasila
based on two different exchanges:
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increase the roles of various groups (street gangs)
state has been less able to monopolize
transition to democracy
although violent, contribute to the well-being of the poor
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clients to choose a patron willing to offer the highest reward
allows for multiple patrons to compete with each other for clients
decentralized clientelism
YK
mobilize several
thousand parking
agents for a local election
hundreds of traders on Malioboro
Street during the previous
election
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Relocation for Remuneration: A Divided Group
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public considered the growing number of traders in downtown streets to be “dirty” and the cause of chaos and traffic jams.
marketplace had recently been made available after the livestock traders that had occupied it were moved outside the city limits
why relocation?
shop owners, many of whom lived above their shops, complained about the difficulty of leaving or entering their homes and/or businesses due to the concentration of informal-
sector vendors.
government’s desire to secure revenue from the
traders
collecting more from
individuals in the informal economy
Trader Identity Card
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a divided group
INDEPENDENT (traders sold secondhand merchandise, including
antiques)
support the relocation
opposed the relocation
PETHIKBUMI(traders sold clothing, shoes, and hardware) )
selling in a marketplace as opposed to on the street
would increase their prestige, and give them a
valuable asset for the future
moving to an enclosed marketplace would lead to
financial ruin
(required more capital and involved more competition
among the traders)"
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Unnamed Interests: The Professional Leaders
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supporting groups of traders who were facing eviction.
BPHK
helped the street vendors sketch legal letters who opposed the relocation.
NGO Networks"
- give knowledge and skills to be independent
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‘revolution is practice’
the Indonesian Movement for Change
PPIP
Totok defended street vendor along Selokan Mataram & Malioboro
Formed in 2000 in Salatiga,
Central JavaEducate Create democracy
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not paid
PPIP - Totok
Staff are volunteers
Not a mass organisation paid NGO
PPIPProfessional human right organization
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BPHK vs PPIP
BPHKVendors are not
ready to fight
PPIPVendors should not fight
Receives kiosk after relocation
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The Traditional Tough Guy
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Believe that posing a serious threat against the government is the most effective
Supporter of anti relocation traders
Ahmad
Sate seller in Surabaya
Leader of an ethnic organization
Believe to contribute to society: helping thieves
Uses violence to maintain own power
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Hindered the relocation project in Mangkubumi
Ahmad
dilemma as to whether the government should continue their quest
may lead to violence
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The Hybrid Leader
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Draw vendors in relation with an expensive political network to aid them in supporting political network
Mayor who supports relocation plan
Djoko
Provide the vendors with legal services
Memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government
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Decided to be a government official & continue to defend the poor
Djoko
Rough Past Used
to fight against the government
‘such resistance
achieved little’
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the breakdown of alliance:blaming each other
November, 10th 2007
forced relocation
strike occurred in front of Tugu and governor
office
November, 11th 2007
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Tension
BPHK PETHIKBUMI
YOGYA MAJOR
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Mayor Henry transformed bureaucratic culture of Yogyakarta more democratic &transparent.
Set up social media
The Major of ‘Dialoguing’with the people
Gain more supporters
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Question
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in your opinions, what gives rise to informal sectors in Indonesia?
Unaware of the need to pay tax
Original loca5on is more strategic
Moving cost money
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Is informal economy unique to developing countries?
It’s common made up 60% of labour force
Can be small, such as street vendors or big such as black market
Proper job with proper wage or salary are unavailable
Educa5on level
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In what way can informal sector describe the relation between the state and the people?
Government trying to eradicate these ac5vity ®ister them in a way to collect tax from them
The people in informal sectors feels that their right isbeing taken away
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Conclusion
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Informal Sector is not taxed
New Era -‐ Decentralize
Informal Leader, Professional, Tough Guy, Hybrid
Irony of Informal Leader
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fin.