Preparing To Disburse Funds, Sri Mulyani Is Curious To See For Myself The Location Of IKN: Is There Really No Land?

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani admitted that she was quite interested in knowing firsthand the location of the new State Capital (IKN) which would later become the seat of the Indonesian government to replace Jakarta.

According to the Minister of Finance, the government and the DPR are currently working on the IKN Law to become the regulatory umbrella in realizing the ideals of moving the capital city of the Republic of Indonesia.

"Tomorrow, I together with Mr. Basuki (Minister of Public Works and Public Housing/PUPR) will look at IKN, because the Minister of Finance has been asked and is discussing the IKN Law but I have never seen the location, is it true that there is land, "he said when he was there. at the Borneo Institute of Technology as broadcast via virtual channels, Wednesday, January 5.

The Minister of Finance added that his visit was a real step in formulating a funding strategy for the success of the government's strategic program.

"So I can imagine what the budget requirement to build it will be, what level of difficulty will it be so that we can be more synchronized and careful in designing, designing and executing a big goal, namely moving the nation's capital city to Kalimantan," he said.

In his view, the decision to bring the central government to a new location requires courage as well as careful preparation. The reason is, this has a very large risk from various aspects.

"It's a very big political decision, an extraordinary development change and has very broad implications, be it social, economic, environmental, and even in terms of political balance," he said.

For information, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is said to have agreed to spend a budget of IDR 510 billion for the first phase of IKN development.

Meanwhile, the total development of the State Capital according to data released by the Ministry of Finance is IDR 466 trillion. From this figure, APBN support will be Rp. 89.4 trillion or the equivalent of 19.2 percent.

While the others, namely Rp. 122.09 trillion (26.2 percent) from the private sector, and Rp. 254.4 trillion (54.6 percent) from Government and Business Entity Cooperation or PPPs.

"Therefore, I hope that all of us will continue to maintain good cooperation. Every state finance must be managed properly, including assets that have been built and there will still be many new assets to be built," concluded Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.