Lawmakers passed a state capital bill on Tuesday, which will provide the necessary legal framework to move forward the government’s plan to relocate the capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan.

The move was a major milestone for the government after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced the relocation to East Kalimantan in 2019, citing the need to spread economic development to outside Java, the country’s most populous island, and the need to reduce the environmental burden on congested Jakarta.

The bill’s passage was formalized in a plenary session on Tuesday, with eight out of nine factions at the House of Representatives throwing their support behind the bill. 

Source:
courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Dio Suhenda (The Jakarta Post)

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