Vice President: Head Of Definitive OIKN May Be Appointed By New President

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin gave a press statement after reviewing the Tebu Sermayam Plantation Area in Merauke Regency, South Papua, Tuesday (4/6/2024). ANTARA/Benardy Ferdiansyah

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin stated that the definitive appointment of head and deputy head of the Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN) may be determined by the next president, namely Prabowo Subianto.

"It could be that it will appoint a new president later but what is clear is that there is no current discussion, whether before the new president has appointed or maybe the appointment is at a time when the new president has," said the Vice President giving a press statement after reviewing the Tebu Sermayam Plantation Area in Merauke Regency, South Papua, reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 4.

The Vice President admitted that until now there has been no discussion with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) regarding the definitive appointment of the head and deputy head of OIKN.

"There has been no discussion yet so who will be replaced later, but in the meantime the President has appointed Pak Basuki (Basuki Hadimuljono/Minister of PUPR) and Deputy Minister of ATR (King Juli Antoni) to handle (IKN)," said the Vice President.

Meanwhile, regarding the reason for the resignation of the head and deputy head of OIKN, the Vice President admitted that he did not know about it either. According to him, resignation is a common thing.

"I don't know why that is, Mr. Pratikno (Minister of State Secretary) did not explain. I think it's normal for us to build development, some are resigned and some are later replaced," he said.

Minister of State Secretary Pratikno announced the resignation of OIKN Chief Bambang Susantono and OIKN Deputy Dhony Rahajoe at the Jakarta Presidential Palace (3/6).

Following up on this, this has been issued per day by the Presidential Decree (Keppres) which appointed Basuki Hadimuljono as Acting Head of OIKN and King Juli Antoni as Acting Deputy Chief of OIKN.

The President asked Basuki and Raja Juli to ensure the best possible acceleration of development, according to the vision of Nusa Rimba Raya's plan and to provide positive benefits for the community.