JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung invited the Provincial Governments of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to use sports facilities in Jakarta in the 2028 National Sports Week (PON).
The offer is in line with President Prabowo Subianto's encouragement so that the construction of a new venue does not always be the choice of each region that hosts PON.
"I agree with what is the decision of the President, Mr. Prabowo, in the future not all of them must be built new facilities. And for that, because Jakarta has the most complete infrastructure, I offer the knowledge of Jakarta's management to anyone," Pramono said at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Wednesday, December 10.
Pramono emphasized that Jakarta is ready to facilitate if the two provinces that host the next PON need additional venues for certain branches. Given, Jakarta as the capital city has the most complete sports facilities compared to other areas.
"Please PON 2028, the name is still NTT-NTB, but if you want to use Jakarta facilities, please. Why? Jakarta is the most complete. Nothing is more complete than Jakarta for sports facilities," said Pramono.
Pramono then touched on the long experience in organizing PON in various regions, including obstacles that arose after the event was over. He mentioned that many new venues were not used and even left behind financial burdens.
"I am ten years in the central government which is not easy when I have to hold PON. Is it PON in Papua, in NTB, in North Sumatra, in Aceh, also at the previous time in West Java," said Pramono.
"We always compete every PON to build new sports facilities. But once the PON is finished, and it will not be utilized," he continued.
According to him, this condition was clearly seen in several previous implementations, including the Papua PON which still left a payment issue that became a burden for local governments.
"As now in Papua, until today the debt has not been paid. Even the EO organizers who opened the event. Including those yesterday in North Sumatra and also in Aceh," said Pramono.
Pramono assessed that Jakarta has an advantage because the ecosystem for organizing mature events and the existence of business actors will be encouraged when major activities take place.
"What is the advantage of Jakarta? So people come to Jakarta, the MSMEs are road, the hotel is used, and so on, and so on," he added.
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