Basuki Leaks The Existence Of Groundbreaking At IKN Before Jokowi Lengser

JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) as well as Acting Head of the Archipelago Capital Authority (IKN) Basuki Hadimuljono said that there would be a groundbreaking activity at the 9th stage at IKN before President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) retired.

This was conveyed by Basuki when met by reporters at his office, Friday, October 4.

"We are trying to also groundbreaking (before Jokowi retired), but I don't know exactly how many groundbreakings there are," he said.

Even so, Basuki has not been able to inform the groundbreaking of what projects will be carried out before Jokowi retirees.

In addition to seeking the 9th stage of groundbreaking, Basuki said, there would be the inauguration of a number of infrastructure in IKN which had been completed on October 8 and 9, 2024.

"Tomorrow, which is clear on the 8th and 9th (October), there will be inauguration. The inauguration of the PSSI Training Center and existing projects," said Basuki.

Previously, the 8th phase of investment groundbreaking activities at IKN, East Kalimantan, had been carried out on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. The groundbreaking, which was led directly by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), was attended by three foreign investors.

Of the three foreign investors, only one will invest through a direct investment scheme. Meanwhile, two other foreign investors will invest in IKN through a cooperation scheme to build partners with local companies.

It is known that foreign investors who will inject direct funding at IKN are Delonix, a company from China. Later, Delonix will build a mix-used area including the construction of malls, hotels and apartments.

Meanwhile, two other foreign investors will partner with local Indonesian entrepreneurs. The two investors are Australia Independent School (AIS) andtengas Estate, which is a property company from Russia.

In addition to groundbreaking foreign investment projects, President Jokowi also groundbreaking a number of projects from domestic investors. Starting from D'primahotel Nusantara to Teras Forest IKN by Plataran.

The total investment flowing to IKN in the 8th phase of the groundbreaking reached Rp1,075 trillion. In detail, an investment of Rp300 billion will be disbursed byULAH Estate. Then, the investment value of Delonix is Rp500 billion.

Next, the Australian Independent School injected funds amounting to Rp150 billion. Thus, a total of Rp950 billion of foreign funds entered Indonesia.

Meanwhile, the local investment in the IKN groundbreaking today is IDR 125 billion, with details of D'prima's investment value reaching IDR 100 billion and IKN Forest Terrace by Plataran of IDR 25 billion.

Thus, the total investment that entered on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, for the 8th groundbreaking at IKN reached IDR 1,075 trillion.

Meanwhile, Ibrahim said that internal factors came from Deflation which continued to occur due to the decline in the middle class, reducing people's purchasing power.