Jokowi Calls Presidential Decree For Moving The Capital City Of Jakarta To IKN Signed By Prabowo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Elected President Prabowo Subianto (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said the presidential decree (Keppres) regarding the relocation of the state capital from DKI Jakarta to the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) in East Kalimantan could be signed by President-elect Prabowo Subianto.

When asked by the media about the issuance of the presidential decree, President Jokowi admitted that he had not yet signed the regulation.

"Not yet. I can sign later, the president-elect of the new government may also sign," said President Jokowi when giving a press statement after reviewing the location of the 79th Indonesian Independence Day Ceremony in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN), East Kalimantan, as witnessed in the Presidential Secretariat broadcast in Jakarta, Wednesday, June 5.

Currently, the City of Jakarta still holds the title of the State Capital, although Law Number 2 of 2024 concerning the Province of the Special Region of Jakarta (DKJ) has been promulgated on April 25, 2024.

However, the state capital is still domiciled in Jakarta until the determination of the president's decision regarding the relocation of the state capital from DKI Jakarta Province to the capital city of Nusantara, based on Article 63 of the law.

The Special Staff of the President of the Republic of Indonesia for Legal Affairs, Dini Purwono, on the previous occasion, also explained that Jakarta is still a Special Capital City (DKI).

Dini explained that based on Article 39 of Law Number 3 of 2022 concerning the State Capital (IKN), DKI Jakarta remains the capital city of the country until the issuance of the Presidential Decree on the Transfer of IKN to the Archipelago.

"The point is that the new archipelago will be effective in becoming the nation's capital when the presidential decree is issued. Now, when the presidential decree is issued, DKI Jakarta automatically stops being the nation's capital," he said.