President Prabowo Subianto seeks to solidify his power after forming a coalition controlling 80% of parliament seats. Jakarta's upcoming November 27 election pits his candidate, Ridwan Kamil, against Pramono Anung, amid challenges including traffic, pollution, and the city sinking. The winner may oversee Jakarta's transition to a new capital in Borneo's rainforests.
President Prabowo Subianto is seeking to further consolidate power after forming a coalition government that controls some 80 per cent of national parliament seats.
The new governor may even preside over a defining moment in Jakarta’s history, when it relinquishes its duties as Indonesia’s seat of government to a new city being built in the rainforests of Borneo more than 1,200km away. The Jakarta contest is the most prominent of local elections taking place in 37 provinces across Indonesia.
Controlling the island of Java, which counts Jakarta as its biggest city, is key to the success of those policies, since more than half the country’s population lives there. The rupiah has fallen about 1.5 per cent against the dollar in November, while the benchmark Jakarta Composite Index of shares has lost roughly 4 per cent.
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