Regarding The Change In Jakarta Status From DKI To DKJ, Heru Budi: Still Discussed, Still Long

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono (ANTARA/Siti Nurhaliza)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono responded to the plan to change the status of Jakarta from the Special Capital Region (DKI) to the Special Region of Jakarta (DKJ). Heru said that the determination of the change in status of Jakarta after the transfer of the capital city to the archipelago, East Kalimantan, still needed to go through the discussion of the revision of Law Number 29 of 2007 concerning the Provincial Government of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta as the capital city of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. "It's still being discussed in the bill, it's still a long way off. Bill points are still being discussed," Heru told reporters, Friday, September 15. Previously in the Jakarta Special Region Draft Law (RUU) meeting, which was attended by high state officials, at the Merdeka Palace, Tuesday, September 12, the name DKI Jakarta will be changed to DKJ after the capital city officially moves to IKN. The name change as stated in Law (UU) Number 3 of 2022 concerning the State Capital (IKN), which when referring to the law, Jakarta's status will change from what was previously DKI to DKIJ. Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani explained that the DKJ Bill is the embodiment of Law Number 3 of 2022 concerning the State Capital. The regulation also replaces the position of Law Number 29 of 2007. "The transfer of the State Capital based on the IKN Law will change the status of Jakarta, which was originally the Special Capital Region, was directed to become a Special Region for Jakarta or DKJ," he said.

It was stated that the direction of development in Jakarta in the future would become the center of national economic activity. In addition, the Minister of Finance revealed that the government wants to encourage Jakarta as one of the strategic areas of international standard. “RUU DKJ carries the concept of the Special Region of Jakarta to become the global city and largest economic center in Indonesia, ” he asserted.