This Is The Criteria For The Candidate For The Chair Of The New Capital Authority According To The DPR

DPR Plenary Session/Photo: VOI

JAKARTA - The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has officially approved the Draft Law on the State Capital (RUU IKN) to become a law. Therefore, it is possible to move the capital city from Jakarta to East Kalimantan (Kaltim).

The approval was taken at the 13th plenary meeting of the DPR RI for the third trial period 2021-2022 which was held today. The government representatives were attended directly by the Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/Head of Bappenas Suharso Monoarfa and Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati.

Of course with the new capital city requires a new leader. Then who will be the leader in the capital agreed upon with the name Nusantara?

Based on Article 9 of the IKN Law:

Article 1 “The Nusantara IKN Authority is led by the Head of the Nusantara IKN Authority and assisted by a Deputy Head of the Nusantara IKN Authority who is appointed, appointed, and dismissed directly by the President after consulting with the DPR”

And Article 2 "The inauguration of the Head of the Nusantara IKN Authority and the Deputy Head of the Nusantara IKN Authority as referred to in paragraph (1) is carried out by the President"

This means that the Kerala authority in the new capital city will be appointed by President Joko Widodo. Then what about the criteria? Chairman of the Special Committee for the IKN Bill, Ahmad Doli Kurnia, said there would be no Fit and Proper because based on the IKN Law, the President has full rights in terms of appointing the head of the authority.

"I think the most important criteria is knowing very well about the vision of the president, the government, the vision of all of us right now about the importance of selecting the most important thing. Both of them have experience in the world of urban planning and planning, also have an understanding of how to innovate to find financing schemes and of course people with integrity," said Doli at the DPR RI Building, Tuesday, January 18.

When asked whether the names of the candidates for the chair of the authority were already available, Doli did not want to speculate because the DPR had completely left it to President Joko Widodo.

“But I see the importance of synergy between the government and the private sector. So maybe it's a combination of people who represent the government or have bureaucratic experience or the private sector," he concluded.