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Govt to lift Nusantara spending freeze, minister says
Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo said the government would lift a temporary freeze on funding for national strategic projects, including those earmarked for the future capital city Nusantara in East Kalimantan.
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Getting on track: A worker walks in front of the State Palace on Nov. 10, 2024, at the government offices complex in the future capital city Nusantara in North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan. (Antara Foto/M Risyal Hidayat)
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he Public Works Ministry has announced that the government will lift a temporary freeze on funding for national strategic projects, including those earmarked for the development of the future capital city Nusantara in East Kalimantan.
Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo characterized the plan, floated by President Prabowo Subianto’s administration, as part of “unfinished budget politics dynamics”.
“It [the spending freeze] does not exclusively involve [the future new capital]. We are familiar with budget politics, right?” he said in Jakarta on Friday, as reported by Kompas.
He went on to say that the discussions and settlement process with House of Representatives Commission V, which oversees infrastructure and transportation, as well as with the Finance Ministry were progressing well.
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With the assurance that there will be no budget freeze, the development of key strategic projects in Nusantara, such as the Tripraja Axis and the legislative and judicial areas, are expected to proceed according to schedule.
The government remains optimistic that the newly built city will officially become Indonesia's political capital by 2028.
