The Importance Of A Green Economy Roadmap, Prevents Exploitation Of Foreign Investors

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JAKARTA - From January to June 2021, Indonesia's investment realization, which does not include the upstream oil and gas sector and financial services, reached Rp442.8 trillion, with details of 51.5 percent outside Java and 48.5 percent in Java. The investment is claimed to have absorbed more than 620 thousand Indonesian workers.

Therefore, the government is expected to be able to increase the investment value up to Rp900 trillion until December 2021. As stated by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in his speech last week, it is believed that increasing investment value can create new jobs and move the economy more significantly.

Responding to this, a member of Commission I DPR RI Sukamta reminded the importance of transformation towards New Renewable Energy (EBT) and the acceleration of a green technology-based economy in order to boost the pace of the national economy.

Sukamta reminded the importance of a roadmap for a green economy to be made correctly in order to prevent exploitation by foreign investors. Therefore, he encourages the creation of a green economy roadmap while remaining oriented towards the presence of Indonesia's economic independence.

"The discourse of developing a green economy without a clear road map will make Indonesia easy for foreign investors to exploit," Sukamta said as quoted by Antara, Saturday, August 28.

In addition, the Deputy Chairperson of the PKS Faction reminded that the Job Creation Law provides easy licensing and investment, if you are not careful its implementation will open up space for foreign parties to exploit Indonesia's nature.

Moreover, he continued, the world is currently developing a green energy-based industry. According to him, Indonesia, which has the world's largest nickel reserves, is also rich in cobalt, manganese, and lithium.

"In the past, foreigners used to suck up Indonesian oil and coal, now nickel is used as the main raw material for electric batteries," he said.

Therefore, Sukamta asked the government to issue regulations related to the development of a green economy that could cover the weakness of the Employment Creation Law, which is weak in terms of protecting the environment, labor, and small businesses.

Previously, President Jokowi emphasized the importance of using clean energy and green technology to have an impact on a more environmentally friendly economic direction. Consolidation of the strength of national research will continue to be pursued so that it is in line with the development agenda in Indonesia.

"Transformation towards new and renewable energy as well as economic acceleration based on green technology will be an important change in our economy," said President Jokowi during a speech at the MPR RI Annual Session and the 2021 DPR RI and DPD RI Joint Sessions at the MPR/DPR/DPD RI Building, Jakarta, Monday 16 August.