In a swift response to widespread public discontent, Minister Stanley Soeropawiro announced the withdrawal of the contentious decision to allocate the Leonsberg docking facility during an emergency meeting convened by Bronto Somohardjo, Chairman of the Permanent Committee on Land Policy and Forest Management (GBB) in the National Assembly. The meeting, attended by the boat owners’ association led by Ann Sadi, an NDP parliamentarian, was prompted by the outcry over the timing of the decision, made just ten days before the elections. Somohardjo hailed the minister’s promise as ‘a first victory for the people,’ stating, ‘What happened here was not policy; it was brutality. The voice of the people has been heard, and the boat owners have regained their source of income.’ He emphasized that the GBB committee would closely monitor the issue until the withdrawal is officially completed, vowing, ‘We will not shelve this matter; we will pursue it. Our duty as a committee is to protect the people.’ Somohardjo also noted the unanimous support of his committee colleagues—Parmessar, Sharman, Jarbadhan, Jones, Bouterse Waldring, and Bink—in ensuring a just resolution, including potential criminal investigations by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. ‘As a committee, we stand united: justice above injustice,’ he declared. He further praised President Simons and Minister Soeropawiro for their prompt action ‘to right what had gone wrong’ and announced that the GBB committee would soon propose additional legislation to prevent similar incidents in the future.