Ridwan Kamil Calls IKN A Historical Decision Taken By The State

Ridwan Kamil visited the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) in East Kalimantan. (photo: dock. between)

JAKARTA - Former Governor of West Java, Ridwan Kamil, spoke about the capital city of the archipelago (IKN) in East Kalimantan. According to him, IKN is a historical decision taken by Indonesia. "About IKN, a historical decision has been taken by this country. Now let's focus on the success of this big decision so that it doesn't work the other way around," Ridwan Kamil wrote on his Instagram page @ridwankamil, Saturday, March 2. The project curator of the new capital also explained several points of argument regarding IKN. RK assessed that IKN should be a city that is not only the center of government, but also filled by non-State Civil Apparatus (ASN/PNS). "IKN is the center of government or city. If the center of government is just a collection of government offices. That's called Putra Jaya in Malaysia, that's it. This IKN should be a city, the center of his government there are non-civil servant people who dominate," he explained. The best capital in the world that was designed from zero is Washington DC. The rest is rada failed. Gemodes, shortages of people. In Australia, Canberra is a few people, ba'da magrib is quiet. I said that IKN should not be like that. IKN we must remain crowded, "he said. So that IKN does not have the same fate, continued RK, then various supporting facilities, such as health facilities, malls, sports, education, entertainment, and others. Moreover, he said, the condition of making the city alive is to have a mixed function. In fact, the city will exist, the mall let alone, the health, education, I propose yesterday Jaya Ancolnya, rich in Universal Studio, the main thing is any entertainment," he said. In addition, he also mentioned that IKN must have adequate boundaries. IKN, he said, is the city of Bandung, which is designed for only 2-3 million residents. Ridwan Kamil also answered public questions related to the IKN project which was considered to have consumed the forest. He emphasized that the forest that was cut down was not a protected forest. RK also ensured the state's commitment to seriously revive commercial forests and production forests. "But IKN consumes the forests of Kalimantan. That is an international question. I also thought so. It turns out that it is not forest, garden forest, only ekaliptus are planted, which is cut down every six years. So it is not a protected forest," he explained.