2024 Draft Bill on the Special Region of Jakarta: Important Updates

Among the various mandates that are being introduced against a backdrop of the relocation of the state capital city of Indonesia (Ibu Kota Negara – “IKN”) from the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta – “DKI Jakarta”) to IKN Nusantara, East Kalimantan, as specifically addressed under Law No. 3 of 2022 on the Capital City, as amended by Law No. 21 of 2023 (collectively referred to as “Law 3/2022”), is a mandate to amend and ultimately repeal and replace Law  No. 29 of 2007 on the Governance of DKI Jakarta as the Indonesian State Capital (“Law 29/2007”).[1]