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Prabowo to be inaugurated in new capital city
President-elect Prabowo Subianto will be sworn into office in October in what is to then be the national capital city of Nusantara.
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A general view shows construction work in Nusantara’s Central Government District (KIPP), in North Penajam Paser regency, East Kalimantan, on Feb. 12, 2024. (Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga)
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resident-elect Prabowo Subianto will be sworn into office in October in what is to then be the national capital city of Nusantara, Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said in Jakarta on Tuesday.
The government is also preparing to host the Independence Day event on Aug. 17 in the new city currently under construction in East Kalimantan.
“If the 79th Independence Day [ceremony] will be held [in Nusantara], maybe the State of the Union address will still take place in Jakarta,” he said, as reported by DetikFinance.
Prabowo won 58.58 percent of the vote in the presidential election held in February, according to the final tally announced by the General Elections Commission (KPU) on March 20, besting rivals Anies Baswedan, the former Jakarta governor, and Ganjar Pranowo, the former Central Java governor.
The incumbent defense minister won by 33.66 percentage points more than the 40.97 million votes cast for Anies and the 27.04 million votes cast for Ganjar.
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Silvia Halim, undersecretary of facilities and infrastructure at the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority, said in a statement on March 6 last year that work on the Nusantara Central Government Region (KIPP) was focused on the 6,600-hectare area where the presidential palace, presidential office, ministerial offices and civil servant housing are to be located.
