Jakarta acting governor Heru Budi Hartono has recently announced plans to revitalize the National Monument (Monas) complex, with the assistance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir.

But observers are raising concerns about the city’s approach and the potential commercialization of Jakarta’s historic landmark due to the minister’s involvement.

Ever since Anies Baswedan stepped down as Jakarta governor earlier this month, his interim replacement Heru, a State Palace stalwart and former city bureaucrat under then-governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has gone to great lengths to restore several pre-Anies initiatives – at times even disregarding his immediate predecessor’s work.

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Fikri Harish (The Jakarta Post)

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