DIGIVESTASI - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ratified Law Number 2 of 2024 on the Jakarta Special Region Province (DKJ). This regulation was signed on April 25, 2024. Based on a copy of the law quoted from the official website jdih.setneg.go.id, Monday (April 29, 2024) Article 2 paragraph (1) states that the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Province is changed into a Special Region.

Second, Article 3 (2) states that the Special Capital Region of Jakarta is considered the center of the national economy and a world city. "The Jakarta Special Region functions as a national economic center and global city as referred to in Article 3 paragraph (2), as well as a trade center, a center for financial services and service activities, a center for national and regional business activities," the article reads, Monday (April 29, 2024), citing four rules.

Meanwhile, Article 63 stipulates that Jakarta, the Capital Region (DKI), will remain the capital city of Indonesia until the enactment of new regulations regarding the transfer of the capital city to the archipelago (IKN). ``On the date of enactment of this Law, the Special Capital Region of Jakarta remains the capital of the Republic of Indonesia until the issuance of a Presidential Decree on the Relocation of the Capital of the Unitary State.''

From the Capital Region to the capital city of the archipelago established according to the provisions of laws and regulations," Article 63 of the Transitional Regulation of Law Number 2 of 2024 reads. The status of the capital city of Jakarta becomes IKN.

It is further stated in the chapter "The BMD handover process will be carried out no later than 10 years after the President's decision to move the capital of the unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia from the Jakarta Special Capital Region Province to the capital city of the archipelago". ing. . Furthermore, Article 66 explains that the government or state administrators, including the center of state institutions, institutions, and other organizations, can still be held or placed in order to support the smooth implementation of the gradual relocation of the capital city in the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Province in accordance with the stages stipulated in the Presidential Decree.

Previously, the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendaguri) emphasized that the development of the Jakarta area will remain large-scale even though the capital city status is transferred to IKN. Secretary General (Sekgen) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Suhajar Diantoro said that this certainty is also regulated in the legal framework of the Jakarta Special Region Law.

After the relocation of the capital city to IKN, Jakarta will increasingly focus on developing Jakarta's main vision as a commercial center and world city, he said, adding that the topic of discussion of the DKJ Law was the Future of Jakarta After the Capital City. . One of the steps is to focus on regulations in metropolitan areas including Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tanggerang, Bekasi, and Cianjur (Jabodetabekjur).

Furthermore, Jakarta and its metropolitan area will also focus on developing as a commercial center and international city. The special powers that Jakarta has in the field of trade include, first, the peculiarities of licensing and registration of business entities in the field of trade, second, price stability of basic needs and basic goods, and third, export and consumer development. There is standardization. "Moreover, yesterday we received a proposal from friends in the DPR to maintain equitable development.

"We agreed that at least 5% of the APBD should be channeled to sub-districts," added Suhajal. Jakarta is a globally competitive city and is expected to remain the center of economic growth, with Jakarta being the largest contributor to gross domestic product (GDP) to date, reaching 17%.

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