As Indonesia moved one step closer to relocating the nation's capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan with the recent enactment of the State Capital Law, speculation on who President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will pick to be responsible for governing the new capital has emerged.

Nusantara -- the new capital -- will be led by an authority head appointed by Jokowi within the next two months. The position is equivalent to a minister and will be in charge of the preparation, construction and relocation process to Nusantara, as well as its eventual governance.

In a private meeting with the editors-in-chief of several national news outlets last week, Jokowi reportedly said he wanted the head of the Nusantara authority to have experience as a regional leader with a background in architecture.

Source:
RTB NEWS

by Dio Suhenda (The Jakarta Post)

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