Jokowi Regarding The Transfer Of The Capital City To IKN: Not Just Physical, But Mindset And Work

Garuda IKN Palace. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the move of the state capital (IKN) from Jakarta to the archipelago in East Kalimantan was not only about moving physical buildings.

Jokowi also emphasized that the most important thing is to move mindset and work patterns.

"I have also conveyed this move to the capital city of Nusantara, not the important physical transfer, but moving our mindset, moving our mindset, changing our work patterns, being able to work from anywhere, as well as moving mobility," he said at a plenary cabinet session at IKN, quoted from the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Monday, August 12.

In addition, Jokowi also said that all vehicles in IKN will use clean energy, aka green energy. Including buildings in IKN, he said they were designed towards a green building.

Karena mobilitas di Ibu Kota Nusantara semuanya menggunakan kendaraan yang kendaraan listrik dan juga energinya menggunakan energi hijau. Bangunannya pun bangunan di sini semuanya diarahkan ke green building dan aksibilitasnya juga didoritaskan untuk pelanja kaki dan yang naik sepeda, jelasnya.

Furthermore, Jokowi said, the economy developed in IKN is also based on a green economy or a green and digital economy.

Both will be aspects of supporting the government in IKN, East Kalimantan.

The economy that will be developed in the capital city of Nusantara is also a green economy, a digital economy that will accompany the government in the capital city of Nusantara. Once again, the green economy, the digital economy, data centers, financial centers and others," he said.

The former governor of DKI Jakarta also mentioned the benefits made by the people of East Kalimantan from moving the nation's capital. He said one of the advantages was economic growth in the area.

"If you ask what benefits do people get in Kalimantan, especially in East Kalimantan? I think this will encourage economic growth in East Kalimantan province, especially Balikpapan and more specifically North Paser Panajem district," he explained.

Jokowi also said that the reason for moving the capital city was carried out so that economic equality would occur. This is because 58 percent of gross domestic products (GDP) are in Java Island.

"If we know one of the reasons why the capital city moved? Because we want equitable distribution, because we know 58 percent of the economic GDP is in Java, so we want to levelize it to also get out of Java to get its economic turnover," he said.

With the relocation of the capital city, Jokowi hopes to reduce the burden on the island of Java.

He said the population on the island of Java was already very large reaching 56 percent.

"Population in Java is also a very large burden, 56 percent of the population is on the island of Java. This is also a consideration for us to move the capital city, and especially the burden in the capital city of Jakarta is already very heavy," he explained.