DPR Denies Reluctant To Move To IKN, Democrats: If Only For Meetings For What?

The DPR RI Building In Jakarta (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission II of the DPR from the PAN faction, Wahyu Sanjaya questioned the urgency of the construction of the House of Representatives (DPR) of the Republic of Indonesia in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) which will start in 2025. The government itself targets the thorough development of IKN to be completed in 2045. The wisdom says, don't arrive, we insist as if we ask for a priority scale, right," Wahyu told reporters, Tuesday, March 19. In a meeting with the head of the IKN Authority yesterday, Wahyu had proposed that the DPR building be built at the latest. The South Sumatra legislator denied that the council did not want to move to East Kalimantan. "It's not a matter of not wanting to rush. It's not a matter of our office, we asked the office to be the only one who agrees. Well, we don't agree that anyone will still arrive there, we can still ask for another office there, right. We are actually rational if it is needed, others first," he explained. According to Wahyu, many other infrastructure that need to be built first. Like roads, wastewater channels, bridges and others. Moreover, he said, if only for meetings it could be held at the DPR building in Jakarta or in the relevant partner ministry in IKN later. "However, we want to race with the DPR office while we discuss it can still use the old office, and if it is necessary, we can actually lease the room there specifically, we can lease the room there specifically, we can carry out work meetings there in the ministry office, we can be utilized like that," said Wahyu. Oleh therefore, Wahyu questioned the urgency to build a DPR building in IKN. In fact, according to him, if the council remains in Jakarta, there will be efficiency from the state budget.

"Then the urgency of the DPR asks for the priority scale of the DPR building there for what? If it's just for meetings, right? The meeting can also be via zoom, yesterday when we were in COVID-19 conditions, right," he said. "If we think about the issue of efficiency, the DPR has the right to be legislative, budgeting and supervision. Budgeting, we don't discuss it every day, there is a discussion period, supervision doesn't have to be continuous meetings, we can make visits to the regions, our legislation is more related to resource persons. How to make a good academic paper against the law. So in my opinion, there are no problems with this process," he concluded.