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Prabowo reaffirms commitment to Nusantara development
President-elect Prabowo Subianto has reiterated his commitment to the development of Nusantara as Indonesia’s future capital city.
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President-elect Prabowo Subianto (right) and President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo (center) stand before the press in front of the freshly finished Garuda Palace in the future capital Nusantara on Aug. 12, 2024. (State Secretariat/Muchlis Jr)
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resident-elect Prabowo Subianto reiterated his commitment to the development of Nusantara as Indonesia’s future capital when he visited the under-construction city for a trip that coincided with that of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his cabinet.
“I am determined to continue [Nusantara development], or finish it if possible. I think Pak Jokowi has taken a historic role; he initiated [the capital movement]. I will continue it at the very least,” said the president-elect on Monday, according to a press statement.
The outgoing president and government ministers held their first-ever cabinet meeting in Nusantara’s recently finished Garuda Palace on Monday.
The assembly was held behind closed doors, but State Secretary Pratikno said last Tuesday that the meeting would discuss several issues, including an evaluation of the work of the Jokowi administration in its final year and the transition to the incoming Prabowo administration.
Jokowi would also host a gathering in the East Kalimantan city with hundreds of regional leaders on Aug. 13, according to Presidential Secretariat head Heru Budi Hartono.
The meetings are being held days before the Independence Day commemoration on Aug. 17,
Jakarta is still Indonesia’s capital city, as the government has yet to issue the legally required presidential decree to shift the status to Nusantara, which Jokowi said was not “merely an administrative” matter, because “preparedness on the ground” had to be heeded.
