DPR Urges Government to Accelerate Investment Realisation Amid Global Uncertainty

House of Representatives (DPR RI) member from the Gerindra faction, Azis Subekti, is urging the government to accelerate investment realisation and strengthen national productivity amidst global economic uncertainty. Azis believes that Indonesia’s current economic challenges are not limited to maintaining the rupiah’s stability, inflation, and market confidence. More than that, the government must ensure that all investment commitments can be promptly transformed into real economic activity. “What must be safeguarded is not just the investment figures, but the speed of their realisation. Investment commitments must quickly move into construction, production, jobs, and added value,” Azis said in a statement on Wednesday (1/7/2026). According to Azis, the July–August 2026 period should be viewed as a crucial momentum to produce early indicators of economic growth. He stated that the government must accelerate the resolution of major obstacles that have been slowing down investment, ranging from licensing, land, financing, and energy, to workforce readiness. He noted that the global market is currently moving rapidly based on expectations. Therefore, the government needs to show a clear signal that the domestic economy is still moving and the productivity agenda is not losing momentum. “The market trades on the future. Therefore, what the government must provide is certainty of direction and proof that the real economic engine is starting to work,” he said. Azis referred to this approach as the “Economy of Time”, a perspective that places time as a crucial resource in development. Within this framework, a nation’s success is not solely determined by the size of its natural resources or capital, but by its ability to convert time into productivity. He explained that the national economy operates in three different rhythms: market time, policy time, and productivity time. Market time moves the fastest, policy time requires institutional processes, while productivity time works over the long term through improvements in human quality, technology, institutions, and work culture. “The state must be able to synchronise these three. Otherwise, the market moves too fast, policy lags behind, and productivity loses momentum,” Azis said. Azis also stressed the importance of bureaucratic reform as part of the productivity strategy. According to him, every administrative delay is not just a procedural issue, but also means delayed production, jobs, state revenue, and investor confidence. He encouraged the central and regional governments to strengthen coordination so that strategic projects, industrial investment, downstream processing, infrastructure, and the strengthening of MSMEs can move faster. “A superior nation is not one that has more time, but one that wastes the least of it,” Azis said.