Airlangga Affirms Safe Elections Encourages Increased Investment

Airlangga Hartarto/PHOTO: Aris Nurjani-VOI

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said that the General Election (Pemilu) event would encourage economic stability and increase investment in Indonesia.

Airlangga explained that the Indonesian economy will continue to grow driven by maintained interest in investment from outside. In addition, investment is important in encouraging economic growth.

"One of these investments is also waiting and watching the election results or there are also those who see the election running smoothly or not. But from what happened, from campaigns to today, the world sees elections in Indonesia safe," he said after voting at TPS 05 Melawai, Wednesday, February 14, 2024.

According to Airlangga, from the beginning of the campaign to the day of the world general election, it was seen that Indonesia's elections were safe as reflected in various media reports and reports. Therefore, the trust of foreign investors in Indonesia has increased.

"Thus, the confident (investor) to Indonesia becomes high and Indonesia is considered that Indonesia is a country that can be maintained by the government with elections. And the election will also produce," he explained.

Airlangga also hopes that with a new composition, parliament can become a check and balance institution for the future government.

According to Airlangga, the current democratic party shows that the Indonesian world is one of the largest countries in conducting general elections because it can run safely and peacefully.

"This shows the world, Indonesia is a big country, in celebration of democracy it runs in an orderly and safe manner. If there is a difference it is a normal thing and we solve it with an election mechanism," he said.