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At least 20,000 people from 21 indigenous groups live in the area designated for the construction of the new capital with laws enabling the move from Jakarta not providing enough protection for the communities' land rights, according to the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN).
The draft bill outlines Jokowi’s Rp 466 trillion (US$32.5 billion) project to relocate the nation’s capital to East Kalimantan, a move the President has said seeks to bring more equitable economic development across Indonesia.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi "directed the government to start the actual transfer to the government district in the New Administrative Capital starting in December for a trial period of 6 months," he said.
European Union (EU) Ambassador to Indonesia Vincent Piket has said that EU companies are keen on investing in Indonesia’s new capital city, signaling the availability of more private funding options for the multibillion dollar project.
House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad confirmed on Thursday that the House leadership had obtained the presidential letter confirming the handover of the new capital city bill and that legislators will start work on it once they return from recess in November.
The President has green-lighted infrastructure development under the capital city relocation plan, his pet project that had been sidelined by COVID-19, while stressing that funding would not be diverted from those projects critical to the country's pandemic response.
