Agreeing With President Jokowi, PAN Legislator Value Of IKN Transfer No Need To Hurry

Guspardi Gaus - Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the PAN Faction (PAN Faction)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the PAN faction, Guspardi Gaus, supports the attitude of President Joko Widodo who has not issued a Presidential Decree (Keppres) regarding the relocation of the State Capital to East Kalimantan. He agreed that the relocation of the State Capital does not need to be rushed. According to him, the President must have considered carefully after hearing input from various relevant stakeholders. "The Presidential Decree for moving the state capital from Jakarta to IKN in East Kalimantan should not have been forced. Moreover, infrastructure development in IKN has not been completed as a whole," Guspardi told reporters, Thursday, July 25. The member of the commission in charge of the government said that the construction of a new capital city called Nusantara was not easy and required careful planning and technical and heavy and precise work. "If the presidential decree is issued, of course the capital city of the country will not automatically be in Jakarta anymore. Consequently, the Palace, President-Vice President, and ministries and state institutions have to move. Meanwhile, there are still many developments that have not been completed," explained the PAN politician. The legislator from West Sumatra then highlighted the efforts of the Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP) to encourage the Minister of State Secretary to immediately complete the Presidential Decree document for the transfer of the state capital to IKN. Guspardi assessed that these efforts contradict President Jokowi's realistic attitude and realized that the progress of infrastructure development in IKN was still far from the target. "So, of course, we hope that the Head of KSP should not push for the Presidential Decree to be issued immediately. This could be a dilemma on the ground. It means that there is no need to urge the president, because what the president has said is correct that he does not want to rush," said Guspardi. The member of the DPR Baleg reminded that it is also important to pay attention to the consequences of the issuance of the presidential decree, namely the transfer of government personnel to IKN. Where Jokowi has issued Law Number 3 of 2022 concerning the National Capital City of the Archipelago (UU IKN).

This means that Jakarta's status as the capital city will also be released along with the passing of the Law on the Province of the Special Region of Jakarta or the DKJ Law. "However, the revocation of the status cannot be immediately, even though the IKN Law is two years old. Because Article 41 paragraph 3 explains that the change in Jakarta status only took effect when the President issued the presidential decree for the relocation of the nation's capital from Jakarta to the archipelago," concluded Guspardi.