New Capital to be Built Once Five Derivative Regulations are Finalized
Home Minister Tito Karnavian also expressed optimism that Nusantara would positively impact growth and development in the region.
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Kompas Team
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Kompas/Heru Sri Kumoro (KUM)
House Speaker Puan Maharani.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Following the issuance of Law No. 3/2022 on Nusantara Capital City (IKN), the government shifted its focus to drafting the derivative regulations, scheduled for completion within two months, in either March or April 2022. Construction on the new capital city will commence once the derivative regulations are completed.
At the close of the 2021-2022 House of Representatives’ third plenary session on Friday (18/2/2022) in Jakarta, House Speaker Puan Maharani said that Nusantara would become the face of a modern and environmentally friendly Indonesia. All parties were expected to safeguard the path towards Indonesia’s advancement.
Home Minister Tito Karnavian also expressed optimism that Nusantara would positively impact growth and development in the region.
Derivative regulations
After President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo signed the IKN Bill into law on Tuesday (15/2), Sidik Pramono, the head of IKN communication at the National Development Planning Agency, said that five derivative regulations needed to be completed before construction could begin on the nation’s new capital. These consisted of two government regulations (PP) and three presidential regulations (Perpres).
The two PPs concerned funding and administering the new capital city, whereas the priority Perpres concerned the organizational structure of the Nusantara authority as well as the master plan and spatial planning for the new capital.
“It is targeted [for completion] within two months after [the law] was enacted. It is a limited amount of time according to the law,” he said.
According to Sidik, drafting the five derivative regulations requires interinstitutional coordination so no government institution would be acting on its own.
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A mockup of the capital city of a new country named Nusantara.
The organizational structure of the IKN authority, continued Sidik, was being prepared by considering digital developments. The authority’s organizational structure would be more transformative for adopting a new concept, but its process and substance was still aligned with the Constitution.
Review at the Constitutional Court
Sidik added that the government viewed that the drafting and content of the IKN Law were in accordance with the existing statutes. “However, we certainly appreciate there might be other parties that see it differently and propose that [the law] be reviewed through the appropriate mechanisms,” he said.
If a party requested a judicial review of the IKN Law at the Constitutional Court (MK), Sidik continued, the government would argue that the drafting and content of the IKN Law was constitutional.
If a party requested a judicial review of the IKN Law at the Constitutional Court (MK), Sidik continued, the government would argue that the drafting and content of the IKN Law was constitutional.
Expert Wandy Tuturoong of the Office of the Presidential Staff concurred. “As long the court has not made a decision, we will proceed with finalizing the derivative regulations of the IKN Law,” he said.
Wandy had said previously that the government had received much support for the IKN Law from various circles.
Separately, a group called the National Sovereignty Axis (PNKN) has submitted a petition for judicial review of the IKN Law to the Constitutional Court.
Another petition has also been circulating on Change.org, demanding that the President halt the planned relocation and development of the nation’s capital city in East Kalimantan.
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto said Kalimantan was chosen as the site of the nation’s new capital because of domestic geopolitics. He expressed the hope that Nusantara’s development would be oriented towards the Indonesian spirit, or Indonesia-centricity, as regards the ideals of the country’ first president, Soekarno. (WKM/REK/PDS/SYA)
