Yusril Says Slow Rule-Making Could Drive Investors Away

Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra has criticised the frequent delays in drafting regulations in Indonesia, saying they could hamper investment.

“Businesses are waiting to invest, but the regulations never get finalised. They get tired of waiting and go elsewhere. They can invest more quickly there than here,” Yusril said in remarks at the National Legal Development Forum at the Law Ministry’s office in South Jakarta on Thursday (15 October 2026).

Yusril highlighted that some ministries or agencies had yet to complete drafting regulations, despite President Prabowo Subianto’s administration having been in office for almost two years. He questioned when policies in those areas could be implemented if the rules were not finalised.

“There is still an agency, a ministry, that is preoccupied with drafting regulations that never get finished,” he said.

“Almost half of this administration’s term has passed. If, in a particular area, drafting the regulations is still going nowhere, when are we going to start implementing measures in those areas?” he added.

Yusril did not identify the ministry or agency he was referring to. He said the areas concerned could include mining, fisheries and agriculture.

“I won’t name a specific area; it could be mining, fisheries, agriculture and so on,” he said.

He said ministries and institutions should work more quickly and systematically to address the problem.

“We need to work faster and more systematically, and I very much welcome the Law Minister’s move, mentioned earlier, to simplify several hundred regulations,” he said.