Jokowi Denies Exporting Sea Sands To Smooth Singapore Investment In IKN

President Joko widodo (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) denied that the issue of opening sea sand exports had something to do with the smooth investment in Singapore in the State Capital (IKN) Nusantara.

The rules for opening the sea sand export tap from the sedimentation results are contained in Government Regulation (PP) Number 26 of 2023 concerning Management of sedimentation Results in the Sea. This regulation was signed on May 15, 2023 by Jokowi.

As is known, Singapore is said to be a country that is the export market for Indonesian marine sand. Singapore is also said to be one of the countries that will invest in the country.

"No. No, it has nothing to do with it," said Jokowi when met at the Head Office of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), Jakarta, Wednesday, June 14.

Jokowi also said the rules issued emphasized the use of sedimentation results at sea. One of them, which interferes with ship shipping.

"This is actually what is in the presidential decree (PP Number 26 of 2023) is sediment sand, which interferes with shipping, which also interferes with coral tantrums," he said.

Furthermore, Jokowi revealed that the discussion about the results of sedimentation at sea had been the talk of his cabinet for a long time. One of the things that became discussed was the export of sea sand earlier.

"This meeting has been going on for a long time, going back and forth, because later it will go that way," he said.

Met separately, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto emphasized that there is no relationship between sea sand export permits and smoothing Singapore's investment.

Furthermore, Airlangga said that Singapore is only one of the sea sand export markets.

'Unrelated. (Singapore) is one of the markets,' he said.

Airlangga also emphasized that the rules issued by Jokowi referred to the use of sedimentation results at sea.

"Earlier, the President had said that it was for sedimentation. Of course, reclamation can be exported domestically," he said.