Observer: Even Though The Head Of OIKN Resigns, IKN Development Continues According To President Jokowi's Mandate

JAKARTA - Infrastructure and urban planning observer Yayat Supriatna from Trisakti University revealed that the development of the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) continues with the mandate mandate mandate carried out by the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) as Plt. Head of the Capital Archipelago Authority (OIKN) and Deputy Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Deputy Head of the National Land Agency (Wamen ATR/Waka BPN) as Plt. Deputy Head of OIKN. "The development of IKN will continue, this seems to be a mandate given by the President of the Republic of Indonesia to the Minister of PUPR and Deputy Minister of ATR/Waka BPN. "Because it can be said that the spearhead is physically the Ministry of PUPR that must be responsible for the physical development of IKN. Then the work in terms of land, spatial planning and so on which has been handled by the Ministry of ATR/BPN," he said. with the mandate given to the Minister of PUPR and Deputy Minister of ATR/Waka BPN, it shows that the targets of physical completion and spatial planning must be resolved by these two ministries, because this is actually an institution that from the beginning is given a greater role. "In my opinion, if for example later how this IKN is realized, if it is physically it begins to be formed, it is looking for an official who is able to rebuild a kind of branding or power that the IKN will continue and provide an opportunity to anyone or which official will be given a mandate to continue the completion of the IKN, including convincing investors," said Yayat.

For information, the Government announced the resignation of the Head of the Archipelago Capital Authority (OIKN) Bambang Susantono and OIKN Deputy Dhony Rahajoe at the Jakarta Presidential Palace on Monday. Following up on this, the Presidential Decree (Keppres) which appointed the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono as Acting Head of the IKN Authority and Deputy Minister of ATR Raja Juli Antoni as Acting Deputy Head of the IKN Authority. The President of the Republic of Indonesia asked Basuki and Raja Juli to ensure the best possible acceleration of development, according to the vision on Nusa Rimba Raya's plan and provide positive benefits to the community.