Jakarta's Burden

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Jakarta's Burden
Agung Marsudi
Jakarta, the nation's capital. It is natural for every citizen to want to know firsthand what the face of his country looks like, not only from the news. So the question is, who told Jakarta to come? The answer is simple, no one ordered, let alone forced.

IF THE STATE Palace, is a building heritage of the Netherlands, the former center of the Dutch government, until now preserved, and still serve as our presidential office, from time to time. Doesn't that mean we are and continue to be "Dutch-style government".

Dutch owned documents, Dutch politics, Dutch heritage law. Then, which one is native to Indonesia? Isn't it that after 76 years of independence, the capital is still the face of the Netherlands. Urban victims of colonial romanticism.

Jakarta's burden is too heavy. For this reason, the spirit of IKN moving to Kalimantan should be, our nationalism as a nation. "No longer smells Dutch". The palace is still inhabited by many Dutch ghosts. Even though we have added the name Merdeka, behind it.

"Merdeka", by still preserving and not forgetting the heritage and behavior of its colonizers, named the Netherlands? The history of the archipelago, not the history of the Netherlands. Prince Diponegoro was a national hero, but in Dutch history, he was a rebel.

If history is made by the rulers. Should we believe, over time. What about the future of our grandchildren. Living with the romanticism of his nation's colonial history.

The burden of Jakarta, too heavy to write, let alone continued with its historical stupidity. Leaving Jakarta, solely for the sake of ambition and legacy is to betray the predecessors, and the founders of the nation.

IKN will be the zero point of history, a new city called Nusantara in the archipelago. Political burden, who is Jokowi's successor president. Continuing his dream, or continuing Indonesia.

By Agung Marsudi
Solo, May 26, 2022
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