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Anies will cancel capital city relocation if elected, says PKS president
PKS promises to cancel the relocation of Indonesia’s capital city to IKN if presidential candidate Anies Baswedan wins the 2024 election.
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Anies Baswedan, former Jakarta governor and candidate in next year's presidential election, and his running mate Muhaimin Iskandar, who is the chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB), pose as they register at the General Election Commission headquarters in Jakarta on Oct. 19, 2023. (Reuters/Willy Kurniawan)
The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) president Ahmad Syaikhu has said presidential candidate Anies Baswedan will discontinue the capital city relocation project from Jakarta to Nusantara Capital City (IKN) if elected.
"This stance originates from the PKS' aspirations. Whether the upcoming president will accommodate this suggestion or not, we hope Pak Anies will implement it and other parties will understand this concern," said Syaikhu on Sunday, as quoted by CNN Indonesia.
Syaikhu said his party would discuss the matter with other member parties from the Coalition for Change and Unity (KPP) electoral alliance and Anies' running mate, Abdul Muhaimin "Cak Imin" Iskandar, to achieve a consensus.
Despite retaining Jakarta's status as the capital city if it wins the 2024 election, the alliance does not plan to scrap the entire IKN project and instead it will turn the city into Indonesia's economic hub.
