PDI-P Urges Gibran to Move Office to IKN Following Constitutional Court Ruling on Jakarta
Komarudin Watubun, a member of Commission II of the House of Representatives (DPR) from the PDI-P faction, has requested Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka to immediately begin working from the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) in East Kalimantan, following the Constitutional Court’s decision that the capital remains in Jakarta. He noted that IKN requires significant maintenance costs even though government officials have not yet relocated there.
“It is said that certain ministers must move there. Or the Vice President should work there, so that there is a benefit, rather than letting it sit for over a year. All those buildings require maintenance costs,” Komarudin stated when met at the DPR Building in Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday (18/5/2026).
Komarudin also referenced the 7th President, Joko Widodo, who has previously stayed in IKN. He warned that if IKN remains unoccupied, the massive costs of construction and maintenance would be wasted. “Maintenance requires huge costs. Even this DPR building requires daily cleaning, sweeping, and weeding. Imagine an entire city; where will the funds come from? The capital is not moving, yet daily cleaning and monthly costs amounting to billions must be covered. In these difficult national financial conditions, where will that money come from?” he added.
The Constitutional Court session for the pronouncement of Decision Number 71/PUU-XXIV/2026 was led by Chief Justice Suhartoyo. “Rejecting the petitioner’s request in its entirety,” Suhartoyo stated during the ruling.
According to the official Constitutional Court website, the Court’s considerations outlined that the petitioner argued Article 2, paragraph (1) of Law Number 2 of 2024 regarding the Special Region of Jakarta (DKJ)—which states Jakarta is no longer the capital—was inconsistent with Article 39, paragraph (1) of the IKN Law, thereby creating a constitutional vacuum regarding the status of the national capital.
“The position, function, and role of the National Capital remain within the Special Region of Jakarta until a presidential decree is issued regarding the relocation of the Capital of the Republic of Indonesia from the Special Region of Jakarta to Nusantara Capital,” stated Judge Adies Kadir. He added, “Therefore, the petitioner’s argument, which essentially stated that the norm in Article 39, paragraph (1) of Law 3/2022 contradicts Article 1, paragraph (3) and Article 28D, paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, is legally groundless.”