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View all search resultsBambang, a former Asian Development Bank (ADB) official, said in a statement posted on Instagram that everyone should support the construction of the new capital as it would symbolize Indonesia's vision of a new civilization that the country could realize in the year 2045.
With Jakarta, the current capital of 10 million, overcrowded and plagued by massive traffic jams as well as chronic flooding and sinking land, Indonesia is building a new capital, called Nusantara, in the jungles of East Kalimantan.
Following the shock departure of Bambang Soesantono and Dhony Rahajoe from their position as head and deputy head of the Nusantara capital, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo appointed Basuki to serve as person in charge of the IKN Authority on an interim basis.
Bambang Susantono has stepped down from his position as the head of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority, which is in charge of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s ambitious project to build the new capital city in East Kalimantan.
The crisis in his Scottish National Party (SNP) opens the door to the opposition Labour Party regaining ground in its former Scottish heartlands before a national election - bolstering its chances of taking power nationwide from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.
Mahfud MD is stepping down from his job as coordinating minister for politics, law and human rights, citing the need to prevent a potential conflict of interests given that he is running for the vice-presidential office in the Feb. 14 election. But with the election just two weeks away, his decision is not likely to be followed by other state officials running for other offices, even though they are just as equally conflicted.
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