Sultan hints factors to invite investors<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA (JP): Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X asserted
\nhere on Wednesday that there were three key factors in attracting
\ninvestors to the respective provinces: security, supremacy of law
\nand labor issues.<\/p>\n
Hamengkubuwono remarked that once regional autonomy is fully
\napplied next year, the onus will be on the respective provincial
\ngovernments to ensure its success.<\/p>\n
\"It's how the local administration ensures security, how they
\nuphold the law and the role of the manpower office in dealing
\nwith labor issues in the region concerned,\" he said during a
\ndiscussion on regional autonomy organized by the Yogyakarta
\nbranch of Parliament Watch Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\"Regional governments should know better about what each
\nregion needs under the upcoming regional autonomy next year. They
\nhave to open opportunities and encourage development,\" he said.<\/p>\n
As for the idea of applying a fit and proper test for regional
\nofficials, Hamengkubuwono said that while it was needed, it was
\nnot essential.<\/p>\n
\"The standard of a fit and proper test may not be in
\naccordance with that particular region's needs in meeting its
\nchallenges. Every official has different abilities. For me, the
\nmost important thing is how an official is able to put into
\naction the local government's policies,\" he explained.<\/p>\n
In the implementation of regional autonomy, he added, the one
\ncriterion needed to evaluate the bureaucrats was their
\nefficiency.<\/p>\n
Political scientist Ichlasul Amal of Gadjah Mada University
\nconcurred adding that the success of regional autonomy depended
\non the success of the empowerment of all society's components.<\/p>\n
\"A region should not influenced by fluctuations at the
\nnational level,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Councillors, he added, must be those who know best about
\ndevelopment in their region.<\/p>\n
\"They have to be the people who can talk about their region,
\nnot about the development of national politics,\" Ichlasul said.<\/p>\n
The media, he added, should also cover more regional issues.<\/p>\n
\"Under regional autonomy, the local media such as community
\nnewspapers should be developed more,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, Ichlasul warned of the possible negative effects
\nof decentralization such as increased social unrest.<\/p>\n
\"One thing that we should be concerned about is increases in
\ntension and crime. It's natural, though, as a side effect of
\ndemocracy,\" he said.(23\/hdn)<\/p>",
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