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        "id": 1668930,
        "msgid": "deddy-sitorus-responds-to-gibran-on-both-working-in-ikn-no-ministries-what-will-the-dpr-do-1775800251",
        "date": "2026-04-10 12:28:13",
        "title": "Deddy Sitorus Responds to Gibran on Both Working in IKN: No Ministries, What Will the DPR Do?",
        "author": "Jessi Carina",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Deddy Sitorus, a member of DPR Commission II, has countered Vice President Gibran's suggestion that both the government and DPR should office in the Nusantara Capital (IKN), arguing that the DPR cannot function there without the presence of executive ministries and institutions as working partners. He emphasised that legislative activities rely on collective collaboration with executive bodies, and without them, relocating the DPR would be pointless. Sitorus proposed prioritising the use of existing executive facilities in IKN on a rotational basis to avoid wasteful spending, noting that no legislative or judicial infrastructure has been built yet despite hundreds of trillions of rupiah invested.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Member of DPR RI Commission II Deddy Sitorus\nhas responded to Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka\u2019s statement that\nthe government and DPR will both office in the Nusantara Capital\n(IKN).<\/p>\n<p>Deddy emphasised that the DPR cannot simply office in IKN without the\npresence of ministries and institutions that serve as working\npartners.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the DPR\u2019s functions can only operate collectively\nwith partners from the executive branch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the DPR must also office there, why not? The issue is that the\nDPR works collectively in commissions and council plenary bodies (AKD)\nalong with its executive partners,\u201d said Deddy when contacted on Friday\n(10\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DPR can only perform its functions there if its partners are\nalso there. For example, if Commission II goes there, there must be\nelements from the Home Affairs Ministry, Ministry of Agrarian Affairs\nand Spatial Planning\/National Land Agency, KPU, Bawaslu, State Apparatus\nand Bureaucratic Reform Minister, and others there. If not, what would\nthey do there?\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Deddy added, the utilisation of IKN should first focus on\nthe executive facilities that are already available to avoid perceptions\nof budget wastage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy proposal is serious; the executive buildings that have already\nbeen constructed must be utilised so as not to fall into the category of\nwastefulness,\u201d explained the PDI-P politician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps the Vice President is not following the IKN development\nprocess, that to date no legislative and judicial infrastructure has\nbeen built there,\u201d Deddy continued.<\/p>\n<p>Deddy revealed that facilities are currently available for the\npresident, vice president, and four coordinating ministries along with\ntheir supporting apparatus.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, those facilities should be used on a rotational basis by\nthe ministries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing wrong with utilising them on a rotational basis,\neach for one month. If not possible for one ministry, it could be one or\ntwo directorates general. After all, state funds that have already been\nspent in the hundreds of trillions should not go unused,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It was previously reported that Indonesia\u2019s Vice President Gibran\nRakabuming stated that the government and members of the People\u2019s\nRepresentative Council (DPR) will both office in the Nusantara Capital\n(IKN).<\/p>\n<p>Gibran made this statement in response to a remark by DPR member from\nthe PDI-P faction, Deddy Sitorus, who urged him to immediately office in\nIKN.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/deddy-sitorus-responds-to-gibran-on-both-working-in-ikn-no-ministries-what-will-the-dpr-do-1775800251",
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