VP inaugurates computerized system at justice ministry

JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri inaugurated on Wednesday a computerized system in the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights that will accelerate the process of the endorsement of limited companies.

"For the business world, this system is clearly useful because it can help create more conducive conditions for competitive business on a macro scale and for businesses in general," Megawati said.

She hoped that such a system could be soon followed by other government institutions which still provide ineffective and sluggish service to the public.

According to Director General of General Law Administration Remail Atmasasmita, his office receives up to 4,000 applications for corporate body endorsement filed by notaries public every month. But only half of them could be handled.

"As the result, there are a back log of some 2000 applications each month," he told The Jakarta Post.

There are about 12,000 applications at the office.

Meanwhile, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza said the computerized system was also aimed at avoiding the practices of collusion, corruption and nepotism.

With the computerized system, he said, the endorsement on a corporate body proposed by a notary public can be shortened from 60 days to at a maximum of seven days.

He said the computerized system will be effective in March, when notaries public who live outside Jakarta do not have to physically come to the ministry office for filing limited company endorsement applications.

Yusril added, along with the computerized system, the ministry had also prepared a set of regulations as legal grounds for the computerized system implementation.

"The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights will also take a step forward to enter an e-government era which prioritizes professionalism, transparency and accountability. Later all of the ministry's activities, including immigration services would be performed through a computerized net which would allow all members of society to access them," he said. (01)