Forkabi

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Forum Komunikasi Anak Betawi
Communication Forum for Betawi People
AbbreviationForkabi
FormationApril 18, 2001
TypeSocio-political organization
Ethnic organization
Region served
Jakarta metropolitan area
Membership
500,000 (2021) [1]
Official language
Betawi language
Bahasa Indonesia
Leader Abdul Ghoni [1]

Forum Komunikasi Anak Betawi (Communication Forum for Betawi People), [2] also known as Forkabi, is a mass organization (ormas) of Betawi people based in the Jakarta metropolitan area (Jabodetabek). Founded in 2001, Forkabi has operated as a social organization of lower-class Betawi people who work in the informal sector, notably parking lot inspection. Forkabi also acted as a channel for the Betawi people's political aspirations. Today, Forkabi holds more than 500,000 members [1] across the Jabodetabek region and especially active in East Jakarta as well as the border between South Jakarta and Depok. [3]

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History

Forkabi was founded on April 18, 2001, by a group of Betawi people, namely Husen Tsani, Jenderal Sanif, Kolonel Asmuni, H. Abdul Khoir, and Irwan Syafi'i. The establishment of Forkabi reflected growing anxiety among the Betawi people for being relegated to a minority within their native land of Jakarta, due to the ever-increasing number of migrants from other parts of the Indonesian archipelago. In 2001, there was a particularly intense rivalry between the Betawi people and the migrant Madurese people, which heightened a sense of solidarity among the Betawi community. [4]

Four goals were put in place for Forkabi to be able to uplift the Betawi community: [5]

On February 25, 2021, a Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) politician Abdul Ghoni who is the head of Gerindra faction in the Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council has been elected as the leader of Forkabi for the period of 2021–2026. Under the leadership of Ghoni, Forkabi aims to expand its cooperatives which provide loans toward the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME). [1]

Organization

Forkabi's directorship is composed of the Governing Body on Daily Affairs, Advisory Board, and the Board of Supervisors which consists of former Jakarta governors as well as police chiefs. As an organizational structure, Forkabi consists of the Central Board (DPP), Regional Board (DPD), Branch Board (DPC), Department Board (DPRT), Sub-department Board (DP Subran), Outer Region Board (DPLD), Overseas Board (DPLN). The Sub-Department Board sets up a group of neighborhood coordinators consists of 10-15 members who take care of rukun tetangga (RT) (a minimum administrative unit of Indonesian districts). [6]

Forkabi's regular membership is limited to the Betawi people, but it also has a system of honorary membership which is open to non-Betawi people who lived for more than 10 years in Jakarta and brought positive contributions to the Betawi community and willing to shoulder the responsibility of protecting the image of the Betawi people. [7]

Socio-political activities

Forkabi frequently engages in turf war with other mass organizations operating in the Jabodetabek area, chiefly the fellow Betawi organization Forum Betawi Rempug (FBR) [8] [9] and the nationalist paramilitary organization Pancasila Youth. [10]

Since its foundation, Forkabi has actively participated in political campaigns for the Jakarta gubernatorial elections. Forkabi cultivated a strong patron-client relations with certain candidates and rallied for Fauzi Bowo (a Betawi politician) in 2007 [11] and 2012 [12] and Anies Baswedan in 2017. [13]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ormas Forkabi Punya Ketua Baru Artikel ini telah tayang di JPNN.com dengan judul "Ormas Forkabi Punya Ketua Baru". JPNN. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ ‘Source of Destruction’ or Target of a ‘Trade War’? Competing Narratives on the Palm Oil Industry in Indonesia. RSIS. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ FBR: Menjadi Jawara dan Juragan di Tanah Sendiri. Kumparan. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  4. ↑ Hanafie 2008, pp. 43–44.
  5. ↑ Hanafie 2008, p. 45.
  6. ↑ Hanafie 2008, pp. 45–48.
  7. ↑ Hanafie 2008, pp. 52–53.
  8. ↑ Bentrok FBR dan Forkabi, Satu Orang Ditangkap. RRI. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  9. ↑ Massa FBR dan Forkabi bentrok di Kreo, 1 orang dibacok. Merdeka. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  10. ↑ Bentrok di Depok: Forkabi Vs Pemuda Pancasila?. Viva. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  11. ↑ Hanafie 2008, p. 11.
  12. ↑ Pola Patron-Klien Foke-Nara dan Forum Komunikasi Anak Betawi (Forkabi) dalam Pemilukada DKI Jakarta 2012 Di Kelurahan Jagakarsa Jakarta Selatan. Universitas Gadjah Mada. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  13. ↑ Dina Fadiyah, Ummi Zakiyah. 2018. Menguatnya Ikatan Patronase Anies-Sandi dalam Pemilukada DKI Jakarta 2017. PROSIDING SEMINAR NASIONAL PRODI ILMU PEMERINTAHAN.

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