Apindo Hopes the Elected President Can Improve the Business Climate in Indonesia

Chairman of the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) Shinta W Kamdani. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Entrepreneurs Association (Apindo) hopes that the president elected in the 2024 elections can improve economic policies through harmonization of regulations to improve the business climate in Indonesia.

"How can our new leader ensure the continuity and improvement of economic policies through harmonization of regulations that will improve Indonesia's business and investment climate for the next five years," said Apindo General Chair Shinta W Kamdani, quoted from Antara, Monday, March 18.

For business actors, said Shinta, the issue is not whether the 'champion' in the election wins or loses, but rather whether the elected leaders can realize their vision and mission through implementing work programs.

"Especially related to consistent implementation of existing economic policies in the field, maintaining a smooth leadership transition, with minimal politicization of economic policies," he said.

Shinta also hopes that the realization of the 2045 Advanced Indonesia economic growth target can be achieved.

According to him, maintaining Indonesia's economic growth of 6-7 percent per year to get out of the middle income trap before 2025 is quite a challenging job.

Furthermore, when touched on national reconciliation, Shinta hoped that politicians would show political maturity by embracing every element of the nation to unite to eliminate differences.

"To achieve a goal that is much bigger than contestation and competition itself, by building political harmony and stability, which will ultimately have an impact on economic stability as well," said Shinta.

Based on the national recapitulation as of Sunday, March 17, at 18.00 Indonesian Western Time (WIB), the Indonesian KPU has validated the vote results for the presidential election in 32 provinces at the national level.

The 32 provinces include the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Gorontalo, Central Kalimantan, Bali, Lampung, Bangka Belitung, West Kalimantan, South Sumatra, Central Java, DKI Jakarta, and Riau Islands,

Next, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Banten, East Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, East Java, West Sulawesi, Riau, West Papua and North Sulawesi.

Next, Bengkulu, West Sumatra, South Sulawesi, Aceh, West Nusa Tenggara, South Papua, Jambi, North Maluku, North Sumatra and Central Sulawesi.

The Prabowo-Gibran pair won 76,250,286 votes in 32 provinces. Furthermore, Anies-Muhaimin received 30,989,627 votes, and Ganjar-Mahfud received 23,126,255 votes.

The 2024 presidential election is being participated by three pairs, namely Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar candidate pair number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka candidate pair number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md. candidate pair number 3.

In accordance with KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2022, the national vote recapitulation for the 2024 Election is scheduled to take place from February 15 to March 20 2024.