There Are Four Candidates For The Head Of The State Capital Authority Agency, One Of Them Is Ahok

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) while attending the President's inauguration ceremony October 20 2019 at the Parliament complex (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that there are four candidates who will become Head of the State Capital Authority (IKN), namely Bambang Brodjonegoro, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (BTP or Ahok), Tumiyono, and Abdullah Azwar Anas.

"There are a lot of candidates. One, Mr. Bambang Brodjo (Brodjonegoro, red). Two, Mr. Ahok. Three, Mr. Tumiyono. Four, Mr. Azwar Anas," said President Jokowi in response to journalists' questions regarding the IKN Authority at the Presidential Palace, Province. DKI Jakarta, Monday, March 2.

Furthermore, the President explained that the State Capital Authority would soon sign a Presidential Regulation (Perpres), which will later have a chief executive officer (CEO).

"Until now, the CEO has not been decided. And it will be decided in shaallah this week," said the President.

For information, the sequence of candidates referred to by the President is as follows: Minister of Research and Technology / Head of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Bambang Brodjonegoro, President Commissioner of Pertamina Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (BTP) or Ahok, CEO of PT Wijaya Karya (Persero) Tbk Tumiyono , and Banyuwangi Regent Abdullah Azwar Anas.

Previously, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Pandjaitan confirmed that IKN would not be led by a governor. However, the IKN will be led by a ministerial-level Authority Agency.

Luhut said that during the National Coordination Meeting & National Dialogue with the theme 'Knitting the Connectivity of the State Capital' at Ballroom 2 of The Sultan Hotel & Residence, Jakarta, Wednesday, February 26.

"This authority body is at the level of a minister, I think the law will soon become the minister / head of authority for the Indonesian capital," he said.

He added that there will be three clusters in the new capital, namely the government cluster, housing and office clusters as well as the infrastructure cluster or public facilities and ICT.

In the government cluster, funding, ownership of land and assets fall under the authority of the Indonesian government. Meanwhile, in the housing and office clusters, as well as the infrastructure / public facilities and ICT clusters, funding can be cooperated with the private sector through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme.

In this case, the government can sell or give land concessions to the private sector so that asset management can be carried out by the private sector. Luhut explained that government buildings will be fully financed by the state budget.