Nusantara City’s Ceremonial Plaza is ready to host Indonesia’s 79th Independence Day ceremony on August 17, 2024, according to the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry.
“The Ceremonial Plaza in Indonesia’s new capital is ready for use, and we are readying for it right now,” the ministry’s Nusantara City Infrastructure Development Planning Task Force Head, Imam Santoso Ernawi, stated here on Friday.
Ernawi noted that the plaza is located in front of Nusantara’s Presidential Palace, which recently reached its topping-out stage and can accommodate up to eight thousand people.
In a break from tradition, this year’s Independence Day ceremony will take place both in Nusantara and the current national capital, Jakarta.
President Joko Widodo, accompanied by President-elect Prabowo Subianto, will preside over the ceremony in Nusantara. At the same time, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin will chair the ceremony in Jakarta with Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
Ernawi stated that a building located near the plaza would serve as an information center to help visitors in the new capital and a business center to accommodate local enterprises.
Meanwhile, Acting Head of the Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN), Raja Juli Antoni, stated that Nusantara’s Ceremonial Plaza is emblematic of the undying fighting spirit of the Indonesian nation to develop their country in a better direction.
He affirmed that the plaza also reflects the spirit of national heroes in their fight for Indonesia’s independence, which the younger generation should be inspired by to contribute to the nation.