Streamline bureaucracy

Streamline bureaucracy

The World Bank has predicted that Indonesia's economic growth
during the sixth five-year development plan will reach at least
eight percent annually if bureaucratic constraints on the economy
are eliminated.

This sounds promising indeed. Because such high growth means
an increase in economic activities, higher incomes for the
people, and wider employment opportunities.

The question is do we have the power to chop off the
government bureaucracy which hinders the growth, development and
progress of the country's economy? We know that the government is
committed to introducing deregulation, but the implementation of
the deregulations are not always so easy and simple. Challenges
from certain groups who do not want the measures taken have been
noticeable. Deregulation can also mean abolishing certain
people's authority and illegal incomes.

--Kompas, Jakarta