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        "id": 1737986,
        "msgid": "prabowo-wants-to-form-task-force-for-deregulating-business-permits-1778687592",
        "date": "2026-05-13 21:59:21",
        "title": "Prabowo Wants to Form Task Force for Deregulating Business Permits",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has instructed the State Secretary to form a special task force with experts to streamline business permitting and accelerate deregulation in Indonesia, aiming to support legitimate entrepreneurs and investors. He highlighted ongoing bureaucratic hurdles, including lengthy approval processes that can take up to two years compared to two weeks in neighbouring countries, which have led to complaints from foreign investors, particularly from China. This initiative addresses concerns raised by the China Chamber of Commerce about burdensome policies, regulatory uncertainty, and excessive law enforcement, underscoring the government's commitment to improving the investment climate.",
        "content": "<p>President Prabowo Subianto wants to establish a task force to\nfacilitate business permitting in Indonesia. This task force will\naccelerate deregulation efforts in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo has instructed State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi to design the\nspecial task force together with experts. \u201cSimplify it, don\u2019t make it\ndifficult. Entrepreneurs must be helped and supported,\u201d said Prabowo\nduring a speech at the Attorney General\u2019s Office in Jakarta on\nWednesday, 13 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Chairman of the Gerindra Party, the government wants\nto regulate naughty entrepreneurs operating their businesses in\nIndonesia. However, he stated that those who genuinely want to work and\ninvest must be assisted.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo acknowledged that there are still bureaucrats in Indonesia\nwho complicate the business permitting process. This difficulty, he\nsaid, causes investors to complain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany foreign investors complain that in Indonesia the permitting\nprocess is often very long and numerous. Sometimes the permits are\nunreasonable,\u201d said Prabowo.<\/p>\n<p>This former defence minister expressed astonishment that such\npractices still occur despite the government\u2019s efforts to simplify the\npermitting process. According to him, permits that have been made easy\nare instead complicated again through various technical provisions. Some\nbureaucrats, he said, even use this opportunity for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo stated that he has received complaints from business groups\nwho want to work and invest in Indonesia but face difficulties in\nobtaining permits.<\/p>\n<p>He said it is not uncommon for the permits they need to be issued\nonly after one to two years since the application process. Meanwhile, he\nsaid, in other countries, permitting can be completed in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Prabowo wants to emulate neighbouring countries that have\neasier permitting bureaucracies. \u201cIf they can issue permits in two\nweeks, why do we take two years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The China Chamber of Commerce previously sent a letter to President\nPrabowo to convey various complaints regarding the investment climate in\nIndonesia. In the letter circulating on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, Chinese\nentrepreneurs highlighted several policies they consider burdensome to\nthe business world.<\/p>\n<p>Some policies highlighted by the China Chamber of Commerce include\nthe difficulty of permitting and bureaucracy in Indonesia, increases in\nmineral royalties, regulatory uncertainty, and law enforcement\nconsidered excessive.<\/p>\n<p>The China Chamber of Commerce conveyed that investments from their\ncountry also contribute to national development. However, they assess\nthat in recent times, the business world has faced increasingly greater\nchallenges in Indonesia.<\/p>",
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