Residents Of DKI Working Schools Outside The City Are Excepted From The Deactivation Of NIK, But There Are Conditions

Illustration of e-KTP Printing at the Tasikmalaya City Disdukcapil Office, West Java, Tuesday, October 24. (ANTARA-Adeng Bustomi)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government plans to temporarily suspend the population identification number (NIK) of residents with DKI ID cards who live outside the area. However, the deactivation of this NIK is excluded from residents who are studying or work offices outside the city within a certain period of time.

However, the exemption from deactivation of the NIK for the two categories still has conditions. Head of the Population and Civil Registration Service Budi Awaluddin said their NIK was not deactivated as long as they still had assets and families living in Jakarta.

"Those who still have assets or homes, then work assignments, study or become students, as long as their homes are still there and their families are there, we don't disable the NIK," Budi told reporters, Sunday, May 7.

Therefore, Budi said that his party was still verifying and re-examineing the data of DKI residents living outside the area owned by the DKI Provincial Government to make it more accurate.

"That's why it will be verified later. The point is that the disabled NIKs are those who live outside Jakarta but have a Jakarta ID card. But there are many questions about how students or workers outside the region, especially abroad. That's what we take down (from the deactivation of the NIK)," explained Budi.

Budi explained that the temporary deactivation of the NIK of residents with DKI ID cards who no longer live in Jakarta will begin after the voting day for the 2024 General Election.

Currently, the DKI Provincial Government has only conducted socialization to regional apparatus at the city level to RT/RW. Along with that, the verification of data on residents with DKI ID cards living outside the area also continues.

"Currently, we are socializing and verifying data. Only, later in March 2024, after the election, we will immediately deactivate it," said Budi.

Budi explained that the deactivation of the NIK cannot be carried out in the near future, considering that the General Elections Commission (KPU) will set a permanent voter list (DPT) after the update on June 21, 2023.

If the deactivation of the NIK is carried out before the election, Budi continued, then DKI residents who live in other areas will lose their voting rights to vote.

"Although the public also wants to be carried out quickly, they are afraid that at the KPU, when the DPT has been determined, those who migrate will become special voters. This will change the DPT," said Budi.

"Also, maybe it will take a long time to also provide comfort to the community with calm to carry out better socialization (IK deactivation)," he added.

So far, around 194,000 Jakarta residents have settled outside the area. This figure, said Budi, will continue to grow along with further records.

"This data was obtained based on the findings in the field and RT/RW reports over the last few years. After that, RT/RW will re-verify the results of matching and research in the field," he said.