Despite officials insisting the move from sinking Jakarta is on track, the president’s inaction and budget cuts suggest otherwise
Officials insist the project remains on track, but analysts argue that Prabowo’s silence, combined with a sharp cut in funding, signals the project may be shelved or substantially slowed as his administration pivots towards expensive populist programmes.
But six years on, Widodo’s successor has mentioned Nusantara only once – fleetingly – during his own state address to the People’s Consultative Assembly on August 15.
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