Around this time, the so-called “Asian Tiger” economies were facing a crisis, and the International Monetary Fund imposed Structural Adjustment Programmes ( SAP) on all countries in need of loans.
Widespread privatisation of Indonesian water resources began in 1997 under President Suharto, whose government aggressively pursued the privatisation of public companies. Muhammad Reza Sahib, Indonesian water defender © Sahib Water privatisation in Indonesia We spoke to the water defender at his home in Jakarta, to better understand his battle.
A challenge, however, that is still ongoing. Reza is an activist working for KRuHA(the People’s Coalition for The Rights to Water), and he’s one of the minds behind the landmark campaign to stop the privatisation of water resources. “It was a historic result in the battle for the right to water as a public good,” explains Muhammad Reza Sahib, 43.
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