JAKARTA: The Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN) stated that the relocation of Indonesia’s capital city to East Kalimantan is a strategy to realise inclusive economic growth in the country, reported ANTARA news agency.
“The relocation of the capital city is a strategy to realise inclusive and equitable economic growth that encourages a more Indonesia-centric growth,“ expert staff to the minister for Institutional Interrelations,Teni Widuriyanti, said here on Monday.
Widuriyanti made the statement at the dissemination of information on Law Number 21 of 2023 regarding Amendments to Law Number 3 of 2022 concerning the Capital City.
She noted that therelocation of the capital city is a national priority included in the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan.
So far, the government has made efforts to encourage various steps in realizing the planning and development of the new capital city, Nusantara.
The steps include creating an initial design, designing a master plan, forming the Nusantara capital authority, planning the budget, and encouraging realisation of the process leading to relocation, implementation, development, and governance.
“We all hope to be able to encourage the ongoing process to contribute to a faster development of the new capital,“ she said.
She further noted that currently, the development of Nusantara remains one of the national priorities in the 2025-2045 National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN), whose draft law is currently being discussed by the PPN Ministry and the House of Representatives (DPR).
“The hope is the development of Nusantara capital can remain a part that we jointly support, and in the long-term development plan, it is one of the super priorities, or the term is a game changer,“ she stated.
As a game changer, Nusantarais expected to encourage and become a driver of the Indonesian economy in the future and become part of the national economic transformation effort in realising the 2045 Golden Indonesia vision and targets.
“Thus, it is a priority that will be continued, and it is already (included) in the document,“ she said.–Bernama-ANTARA
