11 Villages In IKN Hope Their Regional Status Is Not Changed To Villages

The Nusantara Zero Point is located in some areas in Sepaku District, North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan Province (ANTARA/Nyaman Bagus Purwaniawan)

A total of 11 villages in North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan Province (Kaltim), hope that their regional status will not be changed to kelurahan.

The eleven villages are located in the territory of the State Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago as in Sepaku District.' "We fully support the construction of the new Indonesian IKN in Sepaku District," said the Chairman of the Association of Village Heads of All Indonesia (Adepsi) North Penajam Paser Regency, Kasiyono in Penajam, Thursday, May 4, confiscated by Antara. The existence of IKN Nusantara in Sepaku District, he continued, had a major impact on the economy of the people in North Penajam Paser Regency and East Kalimantan Province. "We hope that the village will not be changed to its status to kelurahan after IKN Indonesia officially moved to Sepaku District," he said., greetings to the capital city of the country there is no longer a village government, so that 11 villages in Sepaku District can change their status to kelurahan after the official state capital is moved. "If the central government decides there will no longer be villages, we are also ready to accept the decision as long as it does not harm us who are currently serving as village heads," he explained.

Adepsi Penajam Paser Utara Regency hopes that all village apparatus and BPD (village deliberation agency) in Sepaku District will continue to be empowered when the village changes its status to a village. Until now, Adepsi North Penajam Paser Regency has not received an official notification from the central government or the IKN Authority regarding the fate of villages in the new IKN Indonesia area. "There has been no notification until now regarding the fate of the village, whether it remains a village or turns into a sub-district," he added. "If the central government decides the village in Sepaku to become a sub-district, village officials and BPD are empowered as sub-district employees," he said. A total of 11 villages in some areas of North Penajam Paser Regency.