Bahlil Reveals 'Lo Again Lo Again' Model Entrepreneur, Everything Annexed In Jakarta, Regions Can't

Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM Bahlil Lahadalia (Photo: screenshot of KPPU's Youtube)

JAKARTA - Investment Minister and Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia said that the institution he leads is trying to provide equal opportunities for regional entrepreneurs to be able to take advantage of every investment momentum that is present in Indonesia.

According to him, this could be the best way to encourage equitable development towards the expected economic growth target. Bahlil revealed that national entrepreneurs in the regions often miss the investment cake because of the lack of access and opportunities compared to entrepreneurs in big cities.

"Why are we doing this? Because in order to cut the tendency of monopoly. We cannot be naive if in the past, when foreign investment entered the region, it was taken by national entrepreneurs in Jakarta, not national entrepreneurs in the regions," he said through a virtual channel when speaking at the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) discussion forum on Monday. , January 31.

Bahlil gave an example when there is an industry that will enter Maluku, Papua or Sulawesi, the Ministry of Investment will make a policy that requires direct collaboration with local entrepreneurs and not regional entrepreneurs in Jakarta.

"Because if this happens (taken by a regional businessman in Jakarta), then there are you again," he said.

For this reason, Bahlil encourages the active role of KPPU as his agency partner to improve and intensify supervisory efforts in the business world.

“It is no longer possible to allow practices like they used to be. We all have a duty to realize social justice for all Indonesian people as a mandatory. If there is no good supervision, it will give birth to a monopoly. If this monopoly occurs, an economic oligarchy will arise and that is not very good for the development of a country,” he said.

To note, Bahlil is a bureaucrat who comes from the business community. He became a national figure from Eastern Indonesia who often echoed the entrepreneurial spirit for the whole community.

The reason is that efforts to increase entrepreneurial activities can be the best way to achieve the title of Advanced Indonesia in addition to improving the quality of human resources in the world of work.

"Our number of entrepreneurs is only 3.4 percent of the population, ideally double digits to push our per capita income from 4000 dollars to 12,000 dollars," concluded Bahlil.