The First Day Of Office In IKN, Jokowi Holds A Cabinet Meeting

Acting Head of the IKN Authority Basuki Hadimuldjoyo, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, and Acting Deputy OIKN Raja Juli arrived at the lobby of the IKN Presidential Office, Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, Monday (29/7/2024). (ANTARA)

NUSANTARA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) gathered a number of ministers of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet (KIM) to attend the inaugural meeting at the Presidential Office of the Archipelago Capital (IKN), Monday, July 29 morning.

"Today I have a meeting, maybe with the IKN Authority, governors, regents around IKN I invite," said President Jokowi at President Jokowi's office ahead of a meeting in the Central Government Core Area (KIPP) IKN, quoted by ANTARA.

As of 09.15 WITA, a number of ministers were seen arriving at the Presidential Office, including the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing who is also the Acting Head of the IKN Authority Basuki Hadimuldjoyo, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, and Acting Deputy OIKN Raja Juli Antoni.

They arrived at the lobby of the entrance to the Presidential Office and headed to the meeting room using the elevator.

In addition, President Jokowi also held the inaugural meeting at IKN with the IKN Authority and the ranks of the East Kalimantan Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda).

Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media of the Presidential Secretariat Yusuf Permana said the office activities were the same as meetings at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta.

"This morning the President will receive guests/audiences and meetings in the President's office at the Presidential Office at IKN, such as daily events when you have an office at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta," he said.