The Proposed DKI Jakarta Provincial Government Law To Be Revised Ahead Of Moving The Capital City, Deputy Governor Riza: We Hope Jakarta Will Continue To Exist

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has submitted a proposal for a revision of Law Number 29 of 2007 concerning the Provincial Government of the Special Capital City Region of Jakarta as the capital of the Republic of Indonesia.

This proposal was put forward ahead of the central government's plan to move the nation's capital to East Kalimantan.

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria explained that his party proposed the revision of the law in the hope that Jakarta could still exist as a big city.

"We hope that by moving the capital city to East Kalimantan, Jakarta can still exist as a big city in the world, which also after the capital city is moved, it can still exist," said Riza at the DKI DPRD Building, Wednesday, December 15.

Riza said Jakarta needed certainty about its status after it was no longer the nation's capital. He hopes that Jakarta will remain the center of fields such as trade and education.

"The capital will move to East Kalimantan, of course DKI has an interest. After the transition process, what will Jakarta be like? We hope that Jakarta will become a city of trade, business, education, arts and culture, and others," he explained.

Previously, the Chair of the Institutional and Regulatory Working Group for the Coordination Team for the Preparation of the IKN Transfer Plan from Bappenas, Diani Sadia Wati, said that the DKI Provincial Government proposed amendments to Law Number 29 of 2007.

Diani said, Jakarta was proposed to become the center of the national economy in the change of law. With the status still being a special autonomous region, one level of government in the province.

"As is well known, the DKI government has submitted a bill to amend Law 29/2007 with the main points of changing the role of DKI Jakarta as a national economic center, permanent status of a special autonomous region, one level of government in the province, and related authorities in the fields of economy, investment. , urban planning and transportation," said Diani during a working meeting with the Working Committee on the Draft Bill on the State Capital (IKN) at the DPR building, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, December 13.

There is also a proposed revision of this Law which will be discussed by all ministries/institutions and the DPR after the ratification of the State Capital City Bill (IKN).