Gerindra Legislator Minta Indonesia Tak Hanya Kejar MoU Investasi, Tapi Percepat Realisasi Proyek

Member of the DPR Gerindra Faction Azis Subekti/DOK Gerindra Faction

Member of the DPR from the Gerindra Faction, Azis Subekti, assessed that Indonesia needs to change the paradigm in seeing the success of investment cooperation. According to him, the many memorandums of understanding or MoUs with partner countries are not enough to measure success if they are not immediately realized into real projects.

Azis said that Indonesia currently has great appeal in the eyes of the world. Various partner countries continue to expand cooperation with Indonesia, ranging from the United States, Japan, China, France, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Australia, Singapore, Russia, Brazil, India, to other countries.

According to Azis, the value of investment commitments announced in various collaborations reached around 175 billion US dollars. This figure shows that the world sees Indonesia as a country with great economic potential.

However, he reminded that investment commitments should not stop at announcements. The government needs to ensure that each agreement can be monitored until the stage.

"The question is not whether Indonesia has opportunities. The question is whether state institutions are able to turn opportunities into results," Azis said in his statement, Tuesday, June 30.

He assessed that the main obstacle to investment in Indonesia lies at the implementation stage. A number of issues such as licensing, spatial planning, cross-agency coordination, regulatory certainty, and land acquisition are still challenges that investors often face.

Azis said investors basically understand business risks. However, the problem is the uncertainty in the project implementation process.

"Investors are not afraid of risk. They are afraid of uncertainty. Risk can be calculated, uncertainty cannot be calculated," he said.

According to Azis, Indonesia needs to learn from a number of countries that have succeeded in turning investments into national economic strength. South Korea, China, Vietnam, and Malaysia are considered capable of accelerating the realization of investments because they have strong institutional coordination and a clear orientation on results.

He added that the success of investment should no longer be measured by the value of the commitment announced, but by the real impact such as the establishment of factories, the increase in employment, the increase in exports, the increase in industrial capacity, and the occurrence of technology transfer.

Azis assessed that the realization of strategic investments can have a major impact on Indonesia's economy. In addition to encouraging economic growth, investment can also strengthen industrialization, increase productivity, and accelerate Indonesia's path to a high-income country.

"Indonesia does not lack capital, partners, or the world's interest. What is being tested is the country's capacity to turn all of that into prosperity," he said.

He also emphasized that the future of the Indonesian economy is not determined by the number of memorandums of understanding that are signed, but by the country's ability to turn these agreements into productive projects that directly benefit the people.