Commission II of the DPR Review 341 Proposed Regional Expansion: Still very premature

Jakarta – Chairman of the House of Representatives Commission II Rifqinizamy Karsayuda revealed 341 regions that proposed the formation of the new autonomous region (DOB) are still premature. He said there are still many who do not meet the administrative requirements. “From this 341, when we check administratively, there are many who have died. For example, administrative to then become a new candidate for autonomous region, he must then be passed by everyone, if the provinces, every regent, mayor, suggest,” Rifqi at the Indonesian parliament, Jakarta, said Monday (4/28/2025). He also gave an example of the region, such as Solo, which proposed to become a special region, which must receive approval of the governor and the DPRD of the province of the Central Java. However, most suggestions are still very premature. Browse to continue with the content “is still far, still very premature 341. There are about 10 percent of these administrative requirements that have been met. But even that should be seen objectively in the field,” he said. RIFQI explained that the House of Representatives Commission II called the Director General of Regional Autonomy to discuss related PPs that regulate the large design of regional autonomy and a list of regions that can be expanded or combined. The PP has never been made long. “The Director General of Regional Autonomy was summoned because it was 11 years of legislation Number 23 of the 2014 Regional Government Act, but then the government is not 2 PPs required by law,” he said. Previously, the Director General of Regional Autonomy of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri), Akmal Malik, said there were 42 proposals for the formation of provinces. In addition, there are 6 regions that submit the status of the special region. It was transferred by AKMAL during an trial (RDP) with the House of Representatives Commission II, Senayan, Central Jakarta, Thursday (4/24/2025). Akmal said there were 341 proposals until April 2025 that entered the Directorate General of Regional Autonomy. “Until April 2025, our permission to get a lot of homework, there were 42 provincial proposals (formation), 252 districts, 36 cities. Well, there were 6 who asked the special region,” Akmal said at the meeting. He said there are five regions asked for specialized. According to him, it must be coordinated with the Indonesian parliament to take an evaluation step in the future. “And there are also five ask for special regions. Of course, this permit is once again our homework, because the law instructs the government and the DPR to take the evaluation steps in the future,” he said. (IAL/LIR) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here