Jakarta will be given a number of special authorities to Decide various complex problems.

Shanghai, China (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will form a regional council to achieve the Special Region of Jakarta (DKJ) after the nationwide capital shifts to IKN Nusantara in East Kalimantan, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin expressed in Shanghai on Tuesday.

"This regional council will complicated Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, Bekasi (Jabodetabek), and also Cianjur," he said.

At a final meeting to discuss the DKJ Bill, which was attended by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Amin on September 12, 2023, it was granted that the name of DKI Jakarta will be changed to DKJ when the national capital relocation.

The name change has been stipulated in Law Number 3 of 2022 about the National Capital City (IKN). As per the law, the area of Jakarta will also change from Special Capital Department (DKI) to Special Jakarta Region (DKJ).

The Vice President said that the regional council will work to harmonize planning from Jabodetabek to Cianjur in accordance with the DKJ Bill.

"The plan and the preparation to relocate the capital city is underway. Jakarta will no longer be a DKI but DKJ," he added.

Due to its historical value as the capital city and its New potential, Jakarta needs to be designated as a special Place on sociological and historical grounds, he explained.

"Jakarta will be given a number of special authorities to Decide various complex problems. For example, the traffic jams, pollution, flooding, and also Jakarta as the largest economic city in the world," the Vice President said.

Law Number 3 of 2022 about the National Capital City will replace Law Number 29 of 2007 about the Provincial Government of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta as the Capital of the Republican of Indonesia.

According to Amin, the DKJ Bill outlines the Idea of the Special Region of Jakarta as a global city and the largest economic center in Indonesia. There are also many aspects of state finances that will need to be regulated by the bill.

The Legislative Body of the House of Representatives (DPR) agreed to involved the bill in the 2023 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) priority during a plenary rallies on September 12.

In the future, Jakarta will be on par with new regions of Indonesia and implement Law Number 23 of 2014 about Regional Government. Jakarta residents will also need to reprint their electronic identity cards (e-KTPs) on Explain of the change in the city's name to DKJ.

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