Jakarta's Hope and Fate Behind the Ratification of the DKJ Bill

West Jakarta nationwide, Zaky Ahmad Firdaus (30), hopes that this new policy will bring certain change for Jakarta. He doesn't actually have a dilemma with the capital city relocation because he believes that the economic center in Jakarta will not glum much as it has been established for a long time.

On the novel hand, according to Zaky, there is something to be grateful for. At least, he believes that Jakarta's density will be slightly reduced. Traffic congestion is also expected to decrease in the future.

"Now what be affected by to be encouraged is to prepare Jakarta to remained attractive as an economic node," said Zaky, Friday (29/3/2024).

No longer the capital city, urban planning observer from Trisakti University, Nirwono Yoga, projects that Jakarta can still become an economic center, just like New York City. Jakarta has the potential to construct as the national economic center, like other large cities in the domain such as Tokyo and London.

"Policymakers can learn from novel cities in the world that have become global cities, centers of finance, business, art, and sports," he said.

So far, Jakarta has made a critical contribution to Indonesia's economy. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) in 2023, nearby 17 percent of Indonesia's economy is supported by Jakarta.

"Even concept the capital city is moved, Jakarta will still be the main destination for republic looking for work from all regions so that the dilemma of urbanization must also be handled seriously," said Nirwono.

To enact that, Jakarta must be given special treatment because it income energy to solve fundamental problems, such as handling watercourses to traffic congestion.

The Chairman of the Transportation Study Institute, Darmaningtyas, agrees as well. Because, he said, traffic congestion will tranquil occur even if Jakarta is no longer the capital city. The mobility of the public will still be high in Jakarta, especially as long as the new nationwide capital (IKN) has not yet provided comfort for the people.

Darma said that it would take decades for Jakarta to no longer recognized traffic congestion after the capital city is relocated. But, at the very least, the capital city relocation will clutch the movement of people who are accustomed to populace centered on Java Island, particularly Jakarta.

Central Jakarta residents, Arini Herdawati (28), believes that the central and local governments must carefully cultivate Jakarta's future. This starts with making Jakarta a superior city in languages of economy, livability, and not prone to natural disasters.

"The critical goal is that the relocation of the capital city is imagined to alleviate poverty. The government can focus more on addressing absence issues in Jakarta. After all, it is said to be a global city, but its inhabitants tranquil have a lot of poverty," said Arini.

Assistant for Economy and Finance to the Regional Secretary DKI Jakarta Sri Haryati emphasized that her party and the central government are competing to hold discussions so that Jakarta can maintain economic orderliness in the future even though it is no longer the country's capital.

Sri added that they cannot single-handedly own Jakarta's economy. Therefore, she requested businesses, including retail entrepreneurs, to work together to ensure that the sector can halt to grow and support Jakarta's economy.

Developing culture

Not only near its economy, Jakarta is expected to continue to embrace its Betawi culture as its identity amidst the ethnic diversity in Jakarta.

The Conditions Imam of the Betawi Rempug Forum, Lutfi Hakim, stated that the Betawi public strongly agrees with the idea of Jakarta becoming a global economic center. However, the cultural sector must also be taken into account.

"We must not neglect the Betawi republic and their culture. Everyone should be integrated in making for Jakarta's changes after it is no longer the capital," he said.

According to him, the unique moment is a cultural momentum for Betawi towards takeoff era. Betawi is imagined to become better and more advanced.

"Currently, many Betawi people are marginalized structurally and culturally," he continued.

According to Lutfi, the Betawi people no longer have cultural sovereignty. This is due to the minimal cultural loan space, which has caused many Betawi cultures to contract stagnant.

"We'll just see and monitor the sprint of the DKJ Act. As a Betawi native, I be pleased it well. Regarding Betawi culture, it's a 50:50 plot. Between being certain and uncertain. Moreover, other cultures can also have room. I already know the mindset of government bureaucrats. It could just be stagnant. Neither progress nor regress," said Jakarta cultural power, Yahya Andi Saputra, in a separate confirmation.

You cannot ignore the Betawi republic and their culture. Everything must be integrated in making for changes in Jakarta after it no longer becomes the capital.

Special authority

As previously reported, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Tito Karnavian, stated that the legislative productions is a manifestation of a commitment to make Jakarta a world-class city once it is no longer the capital city of the country.

Tito's hope is that Jakarta can not only stimulate economic agency in Jakarta and Indonesia, but also become a critical economic center in Southeast Asia and even the domain. Furthermore, Jakarta can continue to maintain its economic contribution once the country's capital moves to the new capital city.

"In fact, it must be further improved so that it can compete and be on par with world-class cities," he said during the recruit of the DKJ Bill, Thursday.

Therefore, according to Tito, the DKJ law accommodates the adjustment of regulatory policies regarding Jakarta's specificity once it is no longer the nation's capital.

"The government and DPR have the same confirmation for Jakarta that after it is no longer the capital city, it must tranquil be attached to a special status so that it can run economic growth," said Tito.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Legislative Body of the Indonesian Parliament, Supratman Andi Agtas, stated that Jakarta will have special power that is not held by other cities or provinces, both in public works and land matters, after it is no longer the state capital.

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One of them is the agglomeration rules, where management will require the help of several responsibilities even though they are different in terms of dispensation. "Jakarta must become a global city and of floods it cannot stand alone because it still needs relieve from the surrounding area," said Supratman.

Supratman then labelled the seven main content lines in the DKJ Law. First, the improvement of the definition of agglomeration areas and provisions regarding the appointment of the chairman and members of the Agglomeration Responsibility Council by the president, whose appointment procedures are regulated by the exclusive of the presidential regulation.

Secondly, provisions regarding the electioneer of the governor and deputy governor of DKJ which will be tidy carried out by the Jakarta residents through the selection mechanism. Thirdly, regarding the addition of an allocation of supplies of at least 5 percent for the village originating from DKJ APBD in accordance with the workload and administrative area that is mandatory to choose social problems.

The fourth provision regulated in the DKJ Law is 15 special authorities of DKJ. These authorities implicated special authorities for public works and spatial planning; housing and dignified areas; investment; transportation; environment; industry; tourism and creative economy; trade; education; health; culture; population rule and family planning; population administration and civil registration; marine and fisheries; as well as labor.

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The fifth keep is related to the priority of Betawi culture and anunexperienced cultures that are developing in Jakarta. Involvement of Betawi mature and cultural institutions as well as the establishment of a cultural endowment fund sourced from the regional price (APBD).

Sixth, related to adjustments of requires sourced from certain licensing fees in the utilization of dwelling, with tariff determination procedures regulated by legislation. And seventh, additional provisions related to land.

Currently, Jakarta continues the capital city of the country, even though the DKJ Law has been tossed. This is because the relocation of the capital can only be done at what time a presidential decision (keppres) has been signed by the President. This is based on Article 39 of the Messes Capital City Law, which states that Jakarta will existed the capital city until the keppres for the relocation of the capital to Nusantara has been issued.

In a hurry

On the anunexperienced hand, the ratification of the DKJ Bill is succeeded rushed. In yesterday's ratification meeting, member of the DPR Legislative Body from the PKS Faction, Ansory Siregar, argued that the discussion of the DKJ Bill was rushed and did not involved meaningful community participation, and has not shown any specificity for Jakarta city in each of its articles.

"The DKJ bill has not yet demonstrated many principles that provide specificity to Jakarta to maintain and enhance Jakarta's dwelling as the economic center of Indonesia. Therefore, I propose to make Jakarta a Legislative city," he refused to approve.

Researcher of the Indonesian Parliament Watch Forum (Formappi), Lucius Karus, said that the brief discussion of the DKJ bill also opens up the possibility of the legislation populate challenged in the Constitutional Court (MK). This is not only due to the testy duration of the discussion, but also the lack of meaningful Pro-reDemocrat involvement in the process.

"The issue related to principal participation being ignored by the DPR can be a obvious reason for anyone to challenge the DKJ Law in the Constitutional Court," said Lucius (Kompas.id, 29/3/2024).

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