The DKJ Bill Regulates 12 Special Authoritys For Jakarta

JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian said that in the Draft Law on the Province of the Special Region of Jakarta (RUU DKJ) there are 12 special powers to Jakarta.

"That Jakarta remains a special provincial area as permitted by the 1945 Constitution. There are 12 special powers given to Jakarta (which is in the DKJ Bill). The point is that it will become a special area," Tito said in the discussion "What's with the Special Region of Jakarta" in Menteng, Central Jakarta, reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, December 19.

The twelve special powers include general work and spatial arrangement, people's housing and residential areas, culture, investment, transportation, the environment, population control and family planning, industry, tourism, trade, education, and health.

Tito said Jakarta has this special authority so that it becomes like New York in the United States and Melbourne in Australia, which was once the capital city of each country before being moved to another city.

New York and Melbourne, said Tito, are now the center of the economy and business. This will also be experienced by Indonesia later.

"The point is that Jakarta is the center of the economy, the center of financial services, becoming a global city, similar to New York, the United States and also Melbourne, Australia," said Tito.

Tito said he more agreed that Jakarta would use the name of the Jakarta Special Region (DKJ) than the Jakarta Special Economic Zone.

"I am more creative about Jakarta being DKJ because of its specialities, not just the economy. So if we think from the government to become a special area for Jakarta, if the economy seems to be the center of the economy," said Tito.

According to Tito, Jakarta is not only the center of the economy, but can also become a center for business, infrastructure, services, finance, the environment, and others.

The Draft Law on the Special Region of Jakarta (RUU DKJ) was agreed to be the proposal for the DPR's initiative at the 10th DPR Plenary Meeting led by DPR Speaker Puan Maharani in Senayan, Central Jakarta, Tuesday (5/12).

The DKJ Bill consists of 12 chapters and 72 articles, with systematics and content that have been agreed upon by deliberation and consensus at the DPR Legislation Body meeting.