That discourse of moving the capital city is like a time bomb waiting popped. Severe congestion on the main roads of Jakarta has made the time walk like an old vehicles imposed. Until the year 2015 the streets of Jakarta would be a total loss, while the various solutions offered by the government more short term in nature. This discourse emerged in the seminar organized by the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas).
Proposed of removal of capital city was also raised by environmentalists as well as lecturer at the University of Atma Jaya, Sony Keraf, in the opinion of the Kompas Daily. According to him, would be many benefits gained by moving the capital city to the eastern of Indonesia. Apart from economic opportunity to create new jobs, the removal will also shift the epicenter of national development from west to east. This shift is the distribution of development efforts so far concentrated only in western Indonesia.
But the removal certainly is not without obstacles. Fees extraordinary move, though not calculated in detail, is the main constraint is real. According to the lecturer of the University of Indonesia, Andrinof Chaniago, as reported in Kompas Daily, removal expenses that could reach 50 trillion in the 5-10 years of development until setled. However, Andrinof not see it as a constraint, in fact this should be viewed as an economic opportunity. Removal expenses amounted to 50 trillion, it can be repaid to allocate 10 trillion rupiah per-year, so the results will not be large when compared to the interests of 100 years (the Indonesian State Budget is 1000 trillion rupiah per year).
Similar opinion was also expressed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR), Marzuki Alie. According to Him, the removal is better because its position in the middle, easily reached from the eastern and western Indonesia. Strategic addition, the transfer is also to inefficiency, because Jakarta has been unable to bear the congestion. Jakarta is only going to stay into business and commercial city. Marzuki optimistic, the removal of capital city can be completed in five years.
Different opinions submitted by the observers of urban issues, Wicaksono Sarosa. According to him, the removal of capital city outside Java will not effectively reduce the population density and other urban problems. What should be done is to develop urban centers outside Java. He cited the example of China. Formerly the city of Beijing and Shanghai was successively dominated cities of China, but now Shenzen and Guangzhou have been growing very well. By developing other cities outside Java, such as Medan on the Sumatra island and Makassar on Sulawesi Island, then it is enough to reduce the rate of migration.
President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to be more neutral. President invites all parties to examine more deeply the possibility of moving the national capital. Traffic conditions, the annual floods, the burden of population, urbanization and ecological damage and potential earthquake is a major consideration the need to removal of the capital city. But the removal of the central government should not be too far from Jakarta, for example in Jonggol, West Java.
Does the State capital will actually be moved, it was indeed a radical step and long. As long strides, it is necessary to perform in-depth assessment, because we’re not just thinking about 5-10 years of development, but must be 100 years ahead, the rest of a capital city evolve.
*) By : Dadang Sukandar
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