Capital City Relocation Plan Approved in 43 Days
Eight of the nine factions in the House of Representatives approved the capital city bill’s passage into law. The ratification came only 43 days after the House had formed a special committee for the capital city bill.
Visitors see the winners of the new nation's capital design competition. The Nagara Rimba Nusa design won the new national capital (IKN) competition in East Kalimantan which was announced at the PUPR Office Auditorium, Jakarta, Monday (23/12/2019).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The recent enactment of the Capital City Law will be followed by the preparation of a master plan as a guide for preparing, building and transferring the state’s capital city as well as administering the new capital city as a specially governed region.
While transparency and public oversight were needed in the preparation of the master plan, the capital city relocation plan provisional draft was approved for ratification into law only 43 days after the House first established the special deliberation committee on 7 Dec. 2021. At the plenary hearing in Jakarta on Tuesday (18/1/2022), eight of the nine factions in the House gave a nod, leaving only the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in opposition.