In the works: A file photo showing Jokowi (left) during his visit to North Penajam Paser district near Sepaku in East Kalimantan, where the government plans to build its new capital city, Nusantara. — AFP
The country’s parliament passed a law approving the relocation of its capital from slowly sinking Jakarta to a site 2,000km away on jungle-clad Borneo island that will be named “Nusantara”.
The House of Representatives vote yesterday provides the legal framework for the move, which was first tipped by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in April 2019, citing rising sea levels and severe congestion on densely populated Java island.
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