Simple measures to boost confidence

Simple measures to boost confidence

From lawyer Anwar Makarim has come the interesting proposal to
start taking some low-cost, simple, swift and practical measures
to boost the market's confidence. For example, services at
airports -- Indonesia's gateways -- could be improved, starting
with the initiation of around-the-clock passport inspection
services and opening taxi service windows so incoming passengers
are not bothered by scalpers and unlicensed taxi operators.

To establish a limited liability company, a person should not
need to see the minister in charge, which can take months to
arrange, he should be able to have his business done swiftly at a
public notary's office.

A National Judiciary Commission should be established and
furnished with a permanent secretariat to register public
complaints over court verdicts that are considered unfair. The
eradication of corruption, too, is most important to boost
businesspeople's confidence in the government, but this cannot be
achieved so long as law enforcers show a reluctance in
implementing the anticorruption laws.

The public appears to be right in holding the perception that
the government has so far failed in the areas of law and
politics. This is the dominant factor that is holding up economic
recovery, despite the relatively favorable macroeconomic
indicators.

-- Bisnis Indonesia, Jakarta