Wrong Name For IKN Nusantara Or Jokowi, Teddy Gusnaidi: Anyway, Fadli Zon, I Don't Agree!

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JAKARTA - Social activist Teddy Gusnaidi commented on a tweet by Gerindra Party politician Fadli Zon criticizing the name of the nation's capital, Nusantara. According to Fadli, the name Nusantara did not match and suggested that IKN be given the name Jokowi, like the country of Kazakhstan. The former PKPI Expert Council assessed that Fadli Zon was completely wrong. Even if the name of IKN was Jokowi, said Teddy, surely Fadli would also not agree.

"The name of the new capital is NUSANTARA, @fadlizon doesn't agree, he wants it to be called JOKOWI. If it was called JOKOWI from the start, Fadli must have not agreed, he wanted to be called NUSANTARA. Just don't agree!," wrote Teddy Gusnaidi via his Twitter account @TeddGus, quoted as saying Wednesday, January 19.

It is known, Member of the House of Representatives from the Gerindra Party faction, Fadli Zon, criticized the name of the new State Capital (IKN) which agreed to be named Nusantara. According to Fadli, the name Nusantara is not suitable for the capital city that will be transferred to East Kalimantan.

"Nusantara is not suitable as the name of the new capital city," said Fadli Zon via his Twitter account @fadlizon, which was seen by VOI on Tuesday, January 18. The member of Commission I of the Indonesian House of Representatives also proposed that the name IKN be taken from the name of the President such as the Capital of Kazakhstan. Namely, the name of the new state capital is Jokowi.

"The archipelago has its own understanding as an Indonesian territory, not to mention there is 'Insight Archipelago'. My suggestion is to name the capital city directly 'Jokowi'. It is the same as the capital city of Kazakhstan Nursultan (from the name of President Nursultan Nazarbayev)," he explained. Previously, the Minister of Development Planning National (PPN)/Head of Bappenas Suharso Monoarfa explained the meaning of the chosen word Nusantara.

"Nusantara is a concept of actualization of the geographical area of a country in which there are islands united by the ocean," said Suharso at the DPR Building, Monday, January 17.

According to him, the islands united by the sea show that the Indonesian nation is a maritime country. Then it was revealed an acknowledgment of geographical diversity based on cultural, ethnic and ethnic diversity.

"So Nusantara is a unitary concept that is willing to accommodate pluralism," he said.