Judging By Jokowi's Achievements In The Infrastructure Sector In PSN

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YOGYAKARTA At the end of his position as President, Jokowi's achievements in the infrastructure sector, especially the National Strategic Project (PSN) are interesting to discuss. PSN itself aims to boost growth as well as equitable development in order to improve community welfare and development in the regions.

Please note that Jokowi will end his term as President of the Republic of Indonesia on October 20, 2024.

As is known, the National Strategic Project or abbreviated as PSN is one of President Jokowi's agendas which was first regulated through Presidential Regulation No. 3 of 2016 and published on January 8, 2016. The Presidential Regulation contains the number, details, and location of each PSN.

Since its launch in 2016, various projects with PSN status have been successfully completed with a total investment value of trillions of rupiah.

Finally, President Jokowi said that in the last windu (8 years), the number of PSNs that had been successfully completed was 161 projects, resulting in 11 million labor absorption. The report was said by the President while in Kota Kasablanka, Jakarta, last September.

"In the last 8 years, the large number of PSNs has been completed, 161 PSNs have absorbed 11 million workers," he explained, Wednesday, September 13.

The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto also expressed the same thing. He explained that in the last 8 years, PSN has covered various developments ranging from tourism industrial areas, trade, to the development of the electric vehicle battery ecosystem.

According to him, PSN also supports equitable distribution in all regions with details of 25 in Sumatra, 17 in Sulawesi, up to 10 in Maluku-Papua. If the Government is committed to completing the PSN in 2024, he ensures that the project completed after 2024 will not hang on to the state budget.

Although many PSN were successfully completed, there were also projects that were included in the PSN but were stopped. The information was conveyed by Minister Airlangga on a different occasion.

"There are several projects that have been stopped because they have not started and no (budget) has been issued (from) the state budget," Airlangga explained after the PSN meeting chaired by President Jokowi at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday, October 5.

The PSN project that was stopped was as follows.

The termination of several PSN projects was carried out because there was no agreement related to the budget.

"It was all removed from PSN because the project between the off taker and the financial has not closed," explained Airlangga.

Even so, the Government still proposes several new PSNs in collaboration with private parties such as smelters in West Kalimantan, construction of oil and gas fields, and construction of the Bandung-Yogyakarta-Solo-Surabaya high-speed train.

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