The Jabodetabekpunjur Regional Council Will Be Formed Post-IKN, DPRD: Able To Resolve Jakarta Floods

Maket Kawasan Inti Pusat Pemerintahan Ibu Kota Negara (IKN) Nusantara. ANTARA/Aji Cakti

JAKARTA - The government plans to form a Regional Council for the agglomeration areas of Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi, Puncak, and Cianjur (Jabodetabekpunjur) when the capital city officially moves to Nusantara, East Kalimantan. This is stated in the Draft Law (RUU) of the Special Region of Jakarta which replaces Law (UU) 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. Chairman of the Jakarta Special Committee (Pansus) After the transfer of IKN DPRD DKI Jakarta Deserves Nainggolan views that the Jabodetabekpunjur Regional Council will be able to solve a number of Jakarta problems that intersect directly with the buffer zone. One of them is flooding. “ With the buffer zone, it can help break down congestion, resolve the shortage of green open space, and also be able to solve the flood problem in the Jakarta area, ” Pantas said in his statement, Wednesday, September 20. Deserve to hope that local governments can fight for regional cooperation points in the DKJ Bill to improve coordination of development between regions and between sectors in Jabodetabekpunjur as an effort to solve problems in Jakarta. “So able to coordinate it into an organized area well so that development is also harmonious and so on. I am sure that I will be able to solve many things, especially in Jakarta, ” said Pantas. Previously, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the government would form a Regional Council to manage the Special Region of Jakarta (DKJ) after moving the State Capital (IKN) to East Kalimantan. "The Regional Council will be formed. This Regional Council includes Jakarta, Bekasi, Bogor, Depok and Tangerang, even Cianjur are included," said Ma'ruf Amin in Shanghai, China. In a meeting of the Draft Law (RUU) of the Special Region of Jakarta, which was attended by President Joko Widodo and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin at the Merdeka Palace, Tuesday, September 12, the name DKI Jakarta will be changed to DKJ after the capital city officially moves to the archipelago. The name change as stated in Law 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 DKI. "This Regional Council is to provide planning. So that each of them does not have flood consequences, then (take care of) transportation as well," said Ma'ruf. Ma'ruf said the Regional Council would uniform Jabodetabek to Cianjur's planning in accordance with the DKJ Bill.

"I think the cabinet meeting has discussed it because currently preparations for moving the capital city to IKN have been running and in progress and there are already laws. Therefore, the name of the DKJ Bill is currently being processed, so Jakarta is no longer the capital city, no longer the DKI but the Jakarta Special Region," explained Ma'ruf.