Fresh speculation on who will head new Indonesia capital authority emerges

President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo (centre) talks with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto (right) and Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono (left) about the government's plan to build a road to connect the Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road with the site of the new capital city in East Kalimantan. - Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau/Lukas

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): 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.