JAKARTA - Vice Presidential Candidate Mahfud MD touched on the issue of Indonesia's economic growth which has not been able to touch 7 percent on an annual basis.
Mahfud MD said that economic growth could not reach 7 percent due to the large number of corruption and the inefficient performance of the sector supporting economic growth.
"A lot of corruption. Corruption occurs on a large scale, even at the legislative, executive, and judicial levels. Massive! As a result, the poor!" Mahfud MD explained in the Vice Presidential Debate, Friday, December 22.
In addition, Mahfud said that when he visited several regions in Indonesia and met people who claimed not to feel the assistance provided by the government. One of them, people from Padang admitted that they did not feel the oil subsidies provided by the government to the community.
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In addition, Mahfud admitted that he heard complaints from potential investors and entrepreneurs because many individuals asked for money to make investments launched.
"However, if they are caught, they are dealt with by corruption and so on," explained.
Mahfud emphasized that it is very important to fight corruption so that Indonesia's economic growth evenly distributed.
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