Today's Memory, December 16, 2019: Jokowi Mandates Regional Heads Throughout Indonesia To Facilitate Investment

JAKARTA Memories of today, five years ago, December 16, 2019, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appealed to all regional heads in Indonesia to make investment easier. Jokowi wants regulations (regional regulations) that are burdensome to be revised or cut immediately.

Previously, Jokowi often invited all regional heads Governor, regents, and mayors to dare to face challenges in the future. The effort was carried out by immediately cutting all the rules that hinder investment. There is no longer the term 'amburadul bureaucracy'.

Licensing and bureaucratic affairs in Indonesia often have a negative tone. The slow government and the convoluted bureaucracy are the estuaries. Corrupt too. This condition hampers economic growth which should have skyrocketed.

Prospective investors who used to want to enter were dizzy first. So they are not interested in seeing the standards of the rules and processes they have to go through. Another option was chosen.

There are those who transfer to other regions. There are also those who actually choose to invest abroad who are more pro-entrepreneurs. The regulatory issue is like an obsolete story. Alias already knows what to do. However, the regional head did nothing.

The regulations that are piled up make licensing matters difficult. The regulations of the regional heads that are convoluted to Jokowi's ears. The Indonesian president was furious, not playing.

Jokowi continues to urge local governments to immediately simplify their work. The process, which was previously for complicated permits, was immediately made a door. Regional heads are asked to immediately take advantage of technology if they are unable to attend or are outside.

We must continue to debirocratize, simplify work, simplify services-oriented processes. We must continue to prevent corruption without disturbing the courage to innovate. We must take advantage of technology that makes difficult and complicated to become simple.

"We cannot allow regulations that trap us, which scare us, which actually hinder innovation. This must be dismantled. It is dismantled to its roots. Regulations that are not in accordance with the times must be removed. Once again, they must be removed," Jokowi said in his mandate to welcome Indonesia Merdeka at the DPR/MPR building as quoted on the State Secretariat website, August 16, 2019.

Jokowi has not once reminded regional heads to make it easier for investment to enter. Jokowi did it many times. He immediately invited regional leaders governors to regents' to file regulations, especially regional regulations (Perda) which were considered to hinder investment on December 16, 2019.

Regulations that hinder it will be revised immediately. If necessary, remove it. If you are still confused or not brave, the regional head just consults with the central government. The goal is that the regulation is immediately changed and does not burden investors who want to enter.

"Regions can also apply for the same thing, revision of the regional regulation. Regulations that hinder, burden, which do not cause regional leaders, governors, regents, mayors, just submit them together. Pangkas. "

"Ladies and gentlemen, you can work faster, agile, flexible in the situation of national and world change. This is the point," said Jokowi at the Inauguration of the National Development Planning Deliberation for the National Medium-Term Development Plan at the State Palace as quoted on the Kumparan page, December 16, 2019.