Jokowi: Allowed to Express Opinion, But Doesn't Want to Move the Capital City, IKN Already Has a Law

Jokowi: Allowed to Express Opinion, Doesn't Want to Relocate the Capital City, IKN Already Has Its Own Law

Dream - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) admits that he is not bothered by the statement of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) which rejects the relocation of the capital city from Jakarta to IKN in East Kalimantan. He reminds that the relocation of the capital city is already stated in Law Number 3 of 2022 concerning the Archipelago Capital (IKN). Therefore, the development of IKN must continue to be carried out.

"Yes, that's an opinion, it's allowed. Feel free to express your opinion, but IKN already has its own law. It already has its own law."
Jokowi's words at Hutan Kita JIEP Pulo Gadung Industrial Area, East Jakarta, Wednesday, 29 November 2023.

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Jokowi: Allowed to Express Opinion, But Doesn't Want to Move the Capital City, IKN Already Has a Law

According to him, IKN does not trigger new inequality. Jokowi explained that the relocation of the capital city to East Kalimantan is actually for economic equalization and population distribution that has been centered only on the island of Java.

"On the contrary, we do not want Java-centric. We want Indonesia-centric. Because we remember that 58 percent of the economy is in Java, 58 percent of the 17,000 islands we have, 58 percent of it is in Java Island, so we want Indonesia-centric.""
"Clearly."

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"There is economic growth on other islands as well, besides Java there are also new points of economic growth on other islands. That's what we hope for. So, the population, the population of Indonesia, 56 percent is on the island of Java, which is 17,000, the rest should have equal distribution," Jokowi continued. However, he said that the development of IKN cannot be completed in just one or two years. Jokowi mentioned that the development of IKN must be sustainable in order to achieve economic and population distribution."

"Economic redistribution, population distribution, fostering new economic growth points. I think the direction is towards that. But this is not a matter of one or two days, one or two years, it is long-term.""
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"Previously, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) rejected the relocation of the State Capital to East Kalimantan. According to PKS, Jakarta is still suitable to be the capital city of Indonesia."

PKS Rejects IKN

During the occasion, the President of PKS, Ahmad Syaikhu, conveyed that PKS has been rejecting the Relocation of the State Capital since the beginning. This rejection is based on listening to the aspirations of academics and the majority of public voices. "One of PKS's most crucial parliamentary track records for the future of the nation, and will be one of the main ideas that PKS will fight for in the 2024 Elections, is the issue of Relocation of the State Capital (IKN). The government proposed the IKN Bill, relocating the State Capital from DKI Jakarta to East Kalimantan," said Syaikhu.

"How is PKS's attitude? After listening to the aspirations of community leaders, experts, academics, environmental activists, and the majority of public voices, PKS takes a stance to reject the approval of the IKN Bill. PKS believes that Jakarta remains suitable as the capital city."
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Jokowi: Allowed to Express Opinion, Doesn't Want to Relocate the Capital City, IKN Already Has Its Own Law

"Yes, that's an opinion, it's allowed. Feel free to express your opinion, but IKN already has its own law. It already has its own law."Jokowi's words at Hutan Kita JIEP Pulo Gadung Industrial Area, East Jakarta, Wednesday, 29 November 2023.

"On the contrary, we do not want Java-centric. We want Indonesia-centric. Because we remember that 58 percent of the economy is in Java, 58 percent of the 17,000 islands we have, 58 percent of it is in Java Island, so we want Indonesia-centric."""Clearly."

"Economic redistribution, population distribution, fostering new economic growth points. I think the direction is towards that. But this is not a matter of one or two days, one or two years, it is long-term.""end Jokowi.

PKS Rejects IKN

"Yes, that's an opinion, it's allowed. Feel free to express your opinion, but IKN already has its own law. It already has its own law."
Jokowi's words at Hutan Kita JIEP Pulo Gadung Industrial Area, East Jakarta, Wednesday, 29 November 2023.

"On the contrary, we do not want Java-centric. We want Indonesia-centric. Because we remember that 58 percent of the economy is in Java, 58 percent of the 17,000 islands we have, 58 percent of it is in Java Island, so we want Indonesia-centric.""
"Clearly."

"Economic redistribution, population distribution, fostering new economic growth points. I think the direction is towards that. But this is not a matter of one or two days, one or two years, it is long-term.""
end Jokowi.