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Anies to stop Jakarta reclamation project if elected
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Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan (second left) visits the Greenpeace Indonesia office in South Jakarta on Friday. Anies and environmental activists discussed environmental problems in the city as well as potential solutions to deal with them.
(JP/Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)
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akarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan says he will stop the controversial Jakarta Bay reclamation if he is elected next year, saying that the project is harming people who live around the bay and the environment.
"Our stance regarding the reclamation is clear. We don't agree with the reclamation and we will surely stop it," the former education and culture minister said during a discussion at the Greenpeace office in South Jakarta on Friday.
Previously, Anies said the reclamation project should be stopped as it would affect the livelihoods of those living around the bay. Anies and his running mate, Sandiaga Uno, have included that plan in their working program.
During the discussion, Hindun Mulaika, climate and energy team leader at Greenpeace Indonesia, said the future leader should stop the reclamation project as it threatened the environment.
Hindun added that the next governor should recover the ecological functions of the bay ecosystem that had been damaged by the project.
Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja has persisted with the development of 17 man-made islands despite opposition from environmental activists and fishing communities.
Ahok says the the project will settle land problems in the city and bring huge profits to the administration. (jun)
