Indonesia’s Capital Relocation and the Shaky Regulatory Framework
摘要
What happens when a project of national magnitude is launched on shaky legal ground? Can a city built on haste become a symbol of enduring progressProgress? From the very beginning, the plan to relocate Indonesia’s capitalCapital from JakartaJakarta to NusantaraNusantara was marked not by careful deliberationDeliberation, but by a rushed and top-down approach that sidelined key legislative and consultative processes. The Joko WidodoWidodo, JokoadministrationAdministration, prioritising speed over scrutiny, chose to bypass the established procedures outlined in Law No. 12 of 2011 on Legislative Drafting—procedures designed to safeguard evidence-basedEvidence-based policymaking and democratic participation.