Ahmad Doli Calls Revision Of The IKN Nusantara Law Commission II And The Government Prioritizes Protecting The Environment

Maket Kawasan Inti Pusat Pemerintahan Ibu Kota Negara (IKN) Nusantara. ANTARA/Aji Cakti

Chairman of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Ahmad Doli Kurnia, said that the revision of the Nusantara State Capital Law (IKN) prioritizes protecting the IKN Nusantara area and environment. "So that this IKN area also has benefits for the surrounding community, especially with the problem of land, it must be clear. So there are several notes or additions of verses that even though they are given convenience to the IKN Authority, we must also maintain that land and the environment there are not well maintained," said Doli in Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, September 19. With the approval of the revision of the IKN Law to the plenary session, the DPR can provide full support so that the development of the nation's capital can be accelerated and all parties can also be involved. However, in this revision, the principles are still prioritized to protect the area around IKN. Commission II of the DPR RI for the past month has tried to complete the revision of the IKN Law, until it finally resulted in 16 articles of change. "We carried it out during the start of August 21, so it was exactly about 30 days that we completed this law, and that our work was a bit marathon, the discussions were also very productive. Outside of work meetings, official meetings, we also met with the government and then with experts and so on, last night we also had a full day meeting," said Doli. Furthermore, Doli explained that of the 16 articles that changed 44 articles in the old law, there were several issues of change, including special authority, land, financial management, spatial planning, IKN partners in the DPR, housing procurement issues, and the issue of sustainability guarantees. Previously, Commission II of the DPR RI agreed to bring the bill on amendments to Law Number 3 of 2022 concerning the State Capital (IKN) to be ratified into Law (UU). Chairman of the Working Committee (Panja) for the Discussion of the Revision of the IKN Law, Junimart Girsang, said that the DPR and government Panja agreed together to approve the main issue of changes along with the problem inventory list (DIM) in the IKN Bill. Among them are land-related clusters, clusters related to financial management, clusters on spatial planning, and clusters about sustainability guarantees.

In the discussion process, as many as 20 problem inventory lists (DIM) have not changed, 13 DIM editorial changes, all factions are equal to 109 DIM, except for the Democratic Party faction asking for an explanation. As well as 80 DIM substance discussed together in the revision of the IKN Law.