Ridwan Kamil: Jakarta Doesn't Change Much If The Capital Moves To IKN

Curator of the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) M. Ridwan Kamil (RK) when he was a speaker at the Urban Dialogue event with the theme Jakarta Towards a Global City: Challenges and Solutions in Jakarta, Monday (3/6/2024). BETWEEN/Khaerul Izan

JAKARTA - The curator of the capital city of the archipelago (IKN) M. Ridwan Kamil (RK) said that in the near future Jakarta will not change much, when the capital city officially moves to East Kalimantan.

"So, in my opinion, it is not too super critical, as if IKN will change Jakarta," said RK when speaking at the Urban Dialogue event with the theme Jakarta Towards a Global City: Challenges and Solutions in Jakarta reported by ANTARA, Monday, June 3.

He said that the transfer of the status of the capital city from Jakarta to IKN did not immediately change the condition of Jakarta, which is already the same as today.

According to Kang Emil, from the experience of other countries that these changes could occur for decades, some even reached 100 years, such as Washington DC, United States.

"Jakarta will not change much from the side of activity because Washington DC alone takes 100 years. So, IKN within five or 10 years suddenly there is a change as imagined. It's not that simple," he said.

Therefore, according to the former Governor of West Java for the 2018-2023 period, discussions related to Jakarta's challenges after not becoming the new State Capital are interesting when entering in 2030 or 2045.

"If this discussion occurs in 2030 or 2045, the concern can be discussed further," he said.

He mentioned the challenges of Jakarta in the next five years, namely by still paying attention to the climate crisis and the living conditions of the people.

Moreover, said RK, from the existing data, almost 60 percent of the diseases suffered by Jakarta residents are related to the problem of upper respiratory tract infection (ARI) due to air and pollution factors.

"Now in the next five years, Jakarta must respond to the climate crisis and also people's lives," he said.