Head Of Authority Reveals Reasons Behind The Blank 18 Positions At IKN

Head of the State Capital Authority (IKN) Nusantara Bambang Susantono. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - Head of the Archipelago Capital Authority (IKN) Bambang Susantono revealed that the reasons related to around 18 positions have not been filled to date.

According to Bambang, his party wants to find human resources that really have competence in their fields.

"We want people who enter to really have the desired competence because we want to build a world class city, so the standards are a bit high," Bambang told reporters when met at the DPR RI Building, Jakarta, Monday, April 3.

Bambang said, one of the high standards is being proficient in English.

"Because this is indeed a world-class city, right," he said.

According to him, this standard makes his party have to re-recruit and re-elect correctly.

"That's what makes some positions in us have to re-recruit or re-selection, open again. We open again until we get the person," concluded Bambang.

For your information, in a Hearing Meeting (RDP) with Commission II of the DPR RI, on Monday, April 3, the Head of the Archipelago Capital Authority (IKN) Bambang Susantono admitted that until now there are still 18 positions in the IKN Authority that have not been filled.

Bambang explained that his party had actually made recruitment efforts to fill vacant positions.

However, there are some obstacles in their recruitment, such as they need someone from the private sector to fill the existing position.

However, to recruit a figure from the private sector, Bambang et al collided with the ASN Law, where people from the private sector could not enter the director's level.

The list of positions in the IKN Authority that have not been filled, as seen by VOI, includes the Head of the Planning, Organization and Cooperation Bureau, the Head of the HR and Public Relations Bureau, the Director of Government Implementation Control and Development Licensing, and the Director of Basic Services.

Then, the Director of Digital Ecosystem Development, Director of Micro Planning, Director of Community Empowerment, Director of Green Transformation, Director of Land, and Director of Peace and Public Order.

Next, Director of Tourism and Creative Economy Culture, Director of Artificial Data and Intelligence, Director of Food Security, Director of Investment and Ease of Doing Business, and Director of Basic Infrastructure Facilities.

Finally, there is the Director of Funding, Director of Social Infrastructure Facilities, and Director of Management of Regional and Urban Buildings.