The Government Calls The Garuda Giant Statue At IKN Will Oxidate To Be Green Like GWK Bali

Digital illustration of a giant Garuda statue enveloping the Garuda Palace in the capital city of the archipelago (IKN). (doc. Kemenparekraf)

JAKARTA - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono said the color of the giant Garuda statue that enveloped the Garuda Palace in the capital city of Nusantara (IKN) will look like the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Statue (GWK) in Bali over time.

"According to Mr. Nyoman Nuarta (the design maker of the Garuda statue at the IKN Palace), if later it gets oxidized it becomes green like GWK," said Basuki at the Ministry of State Secretariat (Kemensesneg) Jakarta, Tuesday, August 6, which was confiscated by Antara.

He said the giant Garuda statue at the Garuda IKN Palace was a bronze liquid. After experiencing oxidation, the statue will become exactly green like in GWK, Bali.

Basuki emphasized that oxidation takes time.

Previously, Deputy of Social Culture for Empowerment of the Archipelago Capital Authority (OIKN) Alimudin said that the construction of the Garuda Palace at IKN with the Garuda symbol facing forward proves the development of a central Indonesia.

"Now (the symbol) of our Garuda (Garuda IKN Palace) is looking forward, meaning that we make IKN a central Indonesia, no longer a centrist Java," said Alimudin at the ASN Festival 2024 at the root, Saturday, August 3.

Alimudin emphasized that the head of the Garuda Palace at the Garuda IKN is facing forward, no longer looking to the right as proof that the Government is equitable to development, not only in the Java region.

In addition, this is also an effort to break the stereotypes regarding the view that so far the development is more in the Java Island region.

"Today (the construction of the Garuda Palace) we (at IKN) are looking forward, looking forward is not tilted to the left, tilted to the right. If it used to be the New Order era, we said it was appropriate for the western region to progress rather than eastern Indonesia because the Garuda looked to the right," he said.