Bisnis.com, PENAJAM PASER UTARA – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) conveys some of the differences between the Presidential Palace in the nation’s capital (IKN) Nusantara in East Kalimantan and the Presidential Palace in Jakarta.
According to him, the Presidential Palace at IKN is a State facility made by the cold hands of the best sons and daughters of the Indonesian nation as an authentic work belonging to the State, while the Palace in Jakarta is a Dutch colonial heritage building.
To note, the State Palace was originally the private residence of a Dutch citizen named JA van Braam, where he began building his residence in 1796, namely during the reign of Governor General Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten until 1804 during the reign of Governor General Johannes Sieberg.
Jokowi emphasized that the Presidential Palace at IKN was built by the Indonesian people, both in terms of design and physical development.