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PRESIDENT Joko Widodo emphasized that the State Capital or Ibu Kota Negara (IKN) program is not only moving government buildings but as a form of structural transformation.
“The National Capital Development Program in East Kalimantan is an important part of that transformation. The IKN program is not just moving government buildings, it’s not that,” said President Jokowi at the Bogor Presidential Palace, Saturday (1/29).
He explained that moving the capital city is changing the way of working, moving to a ‘mind set’ based on the modern economy and building a more just and inclusive social life. The government has since 2019 prepared a new State Capital (IKN) in the Sepaku area, bordering North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara districts, East Kalimantan.
“We will make IKN a ‘show case’ for transformation in the fields of the environment, working methods, economic base, technology and others, including in the fields of higher quality health and education services,” said the president.
Other things that according to President Jokowi can be transformed from IKN are the creation of a more pluralistic and tolerant social order that upholds ethics and noble character. The IKN program and some of these major transformations require the support of all parties. We really need ICMI’s contribution in this transformation. We really hope that together we can build the advanced Indonesia that we aspire to be.
According to President Jokowi, the government is currently working hard to oversee several major transformations. We are carrying out a structural transformation to make Indonesia more competitive to face today’s hyper-competitive world.
“The development and relocation of IKN is planned to be carried out in five stages, namely the first stage in 2022 to 2024 by prioritizing the availability of basic infrastructure, while stages two to five from 2025 to 2045,” he stated.
The government, President Jokowi continued, estimates that the total budget requirement for IKN will reach IDR466 trillion, which will be met through the state revenue budget (APBN) amounting to IDR89.4 trillion, IDR253.4 trillion from government and business entity cooperation and IDR123.2 trillion from the private sector.
“The name of the new IKN has also been decided to become Nusantara, which is described as a conceptualization of Indonesia’s geographical area with the constituent islands united by the ocean. The IKN government was agreed to take the form of a Special Regional Government, which is a regional government that has specificity and is at the provincial level whose territory is the seat of IKN,” concluded the President. [antaranews]
