Moreover, Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Minister Basuki Hadimuljono, earlier on Thursday (August 11), announced that tender signing for infrastructure development projects for the new capital will take place at the end of August 2022, with the construction expected to begin as early as September.

The PUPR Ministry has proposed a budget for the development of land, toll roads, roads, national roads, logistics roads, and workers' apartments. In addition, the government will hold a tender for the construction of the National Capital City Government Center (KIPP) project, he noted.

Hadimuljono’s statement is another indication that progress in the development of the new capital is accelerating, particularly after Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati approved the budget for Nusantara's construction development, which means there will be no issues in terms of the availability of budget from the government to start infrastructure construction this year.

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Apart from the need to constantly motivate officials and residents to continue supporting the development, the government must also ensure that succeeding governments will commit to the long-term project, as the government projected that the final stage of development will conclude only in 2045 – the centenary of Indonesia’s independence.

In response to the need to codify the assurance, the MPR is considering including the new capital’s development in the state policy guidelines (PPHN) that will be enacted through a constitutional convention.

"MPR is currently conceiving the state policy guidelines, and the new capital (development) will be included in the guidelines. The (work to develop the) new capital must finish no matter who the president is, and the project must continue regardless of the successor that will preside over major national projects,” MPR Speaker Bambang Soesatyo stated at the Presidential Palace complex last Friday (August 12).

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