JAKARTA - City planning expert Nirwono Joga said the Head of the Archipelago State Capital Authority (IKN) must meet a number of basic requirements to lead the transfer and development of IKN, including understanding the IKN's grand plan and being able to ensure the availability of budget sources.
"If the President wants to hold an independence commemoration ceremony on August 17, 2024 at IKN, then the first Head of the IKN Authority must meet the basic requirements," said the expert from Trisakti University, quoted by Antara, Saturday, March 5.
Nirwono explained that the basic requirements were understanding the basic plans for IKN development as stated in Law Number 3 of 2022 concerning IKN.
The Head of the IKN Authority must also be able to oversee the preparation and issuance of all derivative regulations of the IKN Law, both derivative regulations from the central level, to regulations of the Head of the IKN Authority.
Furthermore, the Head of the IKN Authority must also understand the intricacies of the location of the IKN development and the socio-cultural characteristics inherent in the area.
"And a clear budget allocation," he said.
Nirwono suggested that the Head of the IKN Authority for the inaugural management, which will begin in 2022, would come from officials from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR), particularly those who work in the IKN Development Planning Task Force and the IKN Development Implementation Task Force. , according to him, will better understand the initial plans for IKN development so that the implementation of development will be more effective.
"They will be able to directly carry out the construction of basic city infrastructure, such as the construction of roads, waterways, utility networks, flats for ASN TNI/Polri, Presidential Palace and others," said Nirwono.
Furthermore, the leadership in the IKN Authority for the next period can come from external parties with several tasks such as establishing cooperation with the surrounding local government, inviting potential domestic and foreign investors, as well as accelerating the development of other areas in the IKN. - and above) can be selected from the names circulating with the main tasks of preparing local government apparatus (local government), collaborating with local governments around IKN, inviting potential foreign investors," he explained.
Previously, explained in Law Number 3 of 2022, the President of the Republic of Indonesia appointed and appointed the Head and Deputy Head of the IKN Authority no later than two months after the Law was promulgated as of February 15, 2022, or meaning until April 15, 2022.
Meanwhile, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on February 22, 2022 confirmed that he would immediately appoint the Head of the IKN Authority. The President also mentioned that the candidate for the Head of the IKN Authority is a figure from a non-political party.
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