Regional Secretary Asks Bogor To Prepare For Jakarta Transition To Become A Special Region

Illustration. Bogor City Square, West Java. (Between-HO-Diskominfo Bogor City).

Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Bogor City, Syarifah Sofiah, said that his area, which is a buffer zone for DKI Jakarta, was asked to prepare for the change in the autonomy of the capital city to become a Special Region for Jakarta.

Syarifah said she had attended the Supervision Meeting with the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI Jakarta and the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) in Jakarta on Tuesday 9 July.

Syarifah explained that DKI Jakarta is preparing to become a special area. Apart from Bogor City, other areas adjacent to Jakarta were also included in meetings such as Bekasi, Tangerang, South Tangerang, to Cianjur.

"Because we talked about agglomeration. So how will it be related to Jakarta which will become a special area, not to become the capital city anymore," said Syarifah in Bogor City, West Java, Wednesday, July 10, quoted by Antara.

The Bogor City Government itself, he continued, also wants to get more technical details in the future. Especially the formation of an agglomeration council which will later talk about the budget.

"Later there will also be funding, we can ask the state budget to finance the development of agglomerations such as the city of Bogor. There is integration in transportation, solid waste, and so on," he said.

Syarifah said, in the future there will be further meetings that will discuss further this matter. Bogor City will be re-involved in the structure of the agglomeration council.

Plh. Secretary of the Directorate General of Regional Autonomy at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Suryawan Hidayat, said that this supervision meeting was also intended to disseminate information related to Law Number 2 of 2024 concerning the Province of the Special Region of Jakarta.

"To avoid misunderstandings and regulations that apply in society. We also want to ensure the implementation of effective regulations in accordance with the original intent of lawmakers and assist the transition process," said Suryawan, Tuesday, July 9.

He hopes that from this supervision meeting the public and the Regional Government can understand the Jakarta development paradigm in accordance with the mandate of Law Number 2 of 2024 concerning the Province of the Special Region of Jakarta.