Residents Of Jakarta Aquarium Village Hope There Will Be No Evictions At IKN Kaltim

JAKARTA - The residents of Kampung Akuarium hope that there will be no evictions in the construction of the new state capital in North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan.

"Hopefully the development there will not marginalize the residents and not displace the residents there," said Head of Rukun Tetangga 012/RW04, Penjaringan Village, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Topas Juanda, to reporters in North Jakarta as reported by Antara, Monday, March 14.

According to Topas, the residents of Kampung Akuarium who were evicted by the impact of the revitalization of the area, can still be rebuilt by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

"We who were evicted can only be rebuilt, so hopefully the construction of the new National Capital there will not disturb the community," said Topas.

Similarly, according to Anies, quoted from an upload on his personal Instagram account @aniesbaswedan, the return of community life in Kampung Akuarium is a symbol of the return of the Republic of Indonesia to the basic ideals of its founding, namely to protect every spill of blood and to bring social justice to all Indonesian people.

Topas suspects that the election of Kampung Akuarium cannot be separated from the history of the struggle of the residents there to get their rights back after being evicted.

"Perhaps there is an important meaning, namely from being evicted and being rebuilt (Kampung Akuarium)," said Topas.