Politics of land policies in Indonesia in the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

•President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) claims to have carried out the biggest agrarian reform in the reform era in Indonesia.•But research findings prove that these claims are questionable.•SBY should not call it agrarian reform, but rather just mention it as land policy. In the context of civic life, inequality is a form of injustice in development. This imbalance has the potential for the emergence of conflicts between and inter three elements, namely: the state, public and private. Agrarian reform is one way to overcome this inequality. In practice, implementing agrarian reform is not a simple and easy thing to do. The prerequisites for agrarian reform, both substantive and technical, are things that must exist. In many cases, the implementation of agrarian reform actually has an impact on the worsening of people's conditions. This research takes the case of the implementation of the agrarian reform policy that was carried out in the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). This research will answer questions related to how the politics of land policy implemented in Indonesia in the era of President SBY.