The US$32 billion Nusantara Capital City (IKN) project has met with another delay, as key infrastructure remains incomplete just weeks before its planned inauguration in mid-August in East Kalimantan.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo says that the issuance of a presidential decree formalizing the city’s status as the national capital would depend on the project’s progress.
“I don’t want to force something that is not yet [finished], don’t force it, we’ll check all progress on-site [before making any decisions].”
The decree could be issued by either current administration or the next one in October, run by Jokowi’s successor, president-elect Prabowo Subianto.
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