JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - To ensure timely and effectiveness the implementation of the issued and the forthcoming policy packages, today Vice President Jusuf Kalla officially launched the special Task Force for the Acceleration and Effective Implementation of Economic Policy. This Task Force, established through Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Decree No. 80/2016.
Since launching its economic deregulation program on September 9, 2015, the Government has launched 12 policy packages to streamline regulations and improve economic competitiveness.
The Task Force is chaired by the Coordinating Minister for the Economy Darmin Nasution, accompanied by 3 vice-chairs, namely the Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, and the Vice President’s Coordinator for Expert Staffs Sofyan Wanandi.
“This Task Force will enhance the effective implementation of all the economic policy packages which have been and which will be issued by the Government of Indonesia, including the resolution of obstacles in the field,” explained Task Force Chair Darmin Nasution.
The newly formed Task Force consists of 4 Working Groups. Working Group I is responsible for Public Communication and Dissemination of the policy packages, headed by Minister of Trade Thomas Trikasih Lembong, with Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Chairman Franky Sibarani as vice-head.
Working Group II is responsible for the Acceleration and Completion of Regulations, headed by Presidential Chief of Staff Teten Masduki, with State Secretary Pratikno as vice-head. Meanwhile, Working Group III will undertake Evaluation and Impact Analysis on the economic policy packages, and is headed by Bank Indonesia Senior Deputy Governor Mirza Adityaswara, with the Senior Economist RadenPardede serving as vice-head.
Lastly, Working Group IV will be responsible for the Handling and Resolution of Cases, headed by Minister for Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly, with Coordinating Ministry for Politics, Law and Security Special Staff Purbaya Yudi Sadewaserving as vice-head.
All Working Groups will be additionally backed up by a Support Unit at the office of the Coordinating Minister for the Economy. This Support Unit is headed by the Economy Coordinating Ministry’s Secretary General Lukita Dinarsyah Tuwo with Deputy V for Industry and Trade Edy Putra Irawady serving as the Support Unit’s vice-head.
At the meeting, Darmin said, vice president give a note that the team should simplify the regulation without adding more rules and more comprehensive. The task force, He added, will have regular meeting once in a week.
According to Expert staff of Cabinet Secretary Minister Satya Bhakti, from 203 problematic rules, 201 has solved and the other two its expecting to be solve in this month. While, from 26 technical regulation that has problem has solved nine and at the Task Force 4 there is 68 cases need to solve base on the entrepreneurs report.