Airlangga Affirms There Is No Transfer Of Leaders Of The Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Rail Project, Luhut Has Been There From The Start

DOC VIA ANTARA/Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto responded to the leadership of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Rail (KCJP) project. Airlangga emphasized that from the start there was no assignment of the project to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy.

This was conveyed by the Spokesperson for the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, Alia Karenina. The statement at the same time straightens out a number of reports that mention a shift in the leadership of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail project. ) to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto," he said in a written statement, Sunday, October 10. Alia explained that Airlangga Hartarto as Coordinating Minister for the Economy was assigned as Chair of the Committee for the Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Provision (KPPIP), which encourages the acceleration of the implementation of PSN (National Strategic Projects) in national economic recovery. This assignment is stated in Presidential Regulation Number 122 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Presidential Regulation Number 75 of 2014 concerning Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Provision, which stipulates that in KPPIP, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy is the Chair of KPPIP and the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs is the Deputy Chair of KPPIP.

Therefore, said Alia, in accordance with his duties in charge of the transportation sector, it can be understood that the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs (currently the nomenclature is Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) has handled the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Rail since the beginning of the issuance of the Presidential Decree.

"Thus, since 2019, the Coordinating Minister for Marvest has continued to handle the acceleration of the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train according to its main duties and responsibilities and for this reason, the Minister of SOEs will report its progress to the Coordinating Minister for Marvest," he said. amendments to Presidential Regulation Number 107 of 2015 concerning the Acceleration of the Implementation of Jakarta and Bandung High Speed Train Infrastructure and Facilities.

In the latest Presidential Decree, which was signed by Jokowi on October 6, 2021, the provisions of Article 15 were amended to read as follows:

"The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment coordinates the acceleration of the implementation of the fast train infrastructure and facilities between Jakarta and Bandung." Meanwhile, in the previous Presidential Decree, the task of coordinating the acceleration of the implementation of the fast train infrastructure and facilities between Jakarta and Bandung was mandated to the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs.