THE ECONOMIC OF INDONESIA IN ERA JOKOWI

This year economic growth had been going slowdown in whole of the world, this tough problem for many countries especially whom developing country such us Indonesia.  Economic in Indonesia grew in level 5.1 percent in first semester and in the second semester grew reached 5.07 percent, It reached more better than group of MINT (Meksiko, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey) who guess will be the new powerful economic country in the world, even those country will become donor country like South Korea and Russia.

The level easy doing business in Indonesia has increased to rank 36 in 2017 compared in position 41 in 2016 and also rank 37 in 2015. This achievement is the result of hard work all stakeholders, in addition Indonesia has predicated well worth investment country from international organizations such as Moody, Fitch Standard and Poor. Easy of doing business in Indonesia has grown in rank 91 from 190 countries.

This just part of  indicators in economic term not all buddy so many tough problem in Indonesia, economic GAP, Poor still become the highly problem which must take over by government and Private business.

To solve it, government has been making policy who concern to it, there are has 4 solutions such as: Local Government Regulation No. 23/2014, instruction of president No 12/2016, Regulation of President No 7/2018 and 87/2018, lets read it and analyze what the weakness and strategies government to reduce corruption and increasing economic in indonesia as the largest island country in the world. 

SPEED UP E ID REGISTRATION

 

The simultaneous regional elections, which will take place on June 27 and requires the voters to have an id E-KTP or temporary letter to show of the real data from voters who have not received one yet.

Based on data General Elections Commission (KPU) recorded 152.9 million voters on the temporary voters list, on schedule KPU must finalizes verification for Identity’s voters on June, Ministry of home affairs supposed to be work hard to finish it, as quick as good we you know many of the voters particularly those living in remotes area had difficult to reaching the nearest district administration office and then many areas didn’t support an internet, that tough problem.

Either the home ministry must be support and coordinate with civil agency in local government. All levels of Government must speed up e ID Registration process and find out the good alternatives way to solve this problem yet.

In 2017 regional elections the government carried out a number of alternatives measures to accommodates people who at the times didn’t yet have an e ID card in the others sides government concern to change form E KTP make a new column for native faith followers based on final decision MK. A total of native faith follower in Indonesia more than 150 types but this policy will execute after the simultaneous election in 2018.

Base on data Ministry of Education total of native fight amount 187 organizations such as Rahayu, Ilmu Ghoib, Golongan Siraja Batak, Sunda Wiwitan etc.

Ministry of Home Affairs has Launched 4 alternative to inside new column for native faith, the government must concern to it because Indonesian give the same positions to all citizen in every part of Indonesia although in border of republic of Indonesia.

Elections of Regional Leader in 2018

By: Dr. H. Fikri D. Parhanudin, SIP, M.PA, M.Sc

(dream, aamiin heheh )

The election of governor, regent and mayor directly and simultaneously in 2018 and will held on June 27, 2018. Will be implement in 171 regions covering 17 provinces, 115 districts, and 39 municipalities. This democracy party event followed of 565 pair of candidates, with details of 57 candidates for governor/vice governor, 371 candidates for regent/ vice regent and 137 candidates for mayor/vice mayor. Of these 439 candidates were headed by political parties and 126 candidates headed by individual lines (independent). 

This democracy party event must be support goodly by presenting a polite democratic practice, with good attitude and give better reference for people. Not just that, this general election must show off the best of candidates who has good record, concern to combat corruptions, and keep stay to make all term in process safe and peaceful. I really concern for this point. Hopefully in this event all the candidate must avoid practice of identity’s politic, hoax, and SARA. 

Candidates has to realist the concept of peace building to people. in the second the candidates must avoid the corruption practice (money politic). Obviously, money politic so dark and worst. For we know together currently, the commission of eradication corruption has arrested five candidates head of local government has become a suspect. I tried to evaluate why this happen, there are has 3 factors related with this case this is cost of democracy so high, rent seeker and hedonism also.  Corruption is the extraordinary crime but in Indonesia government can’t to eradicate this case quickly, enforcement the laws become the first step must be do it. Beside on data show most corruption organization in Indonesia involved by:  civil servant 44 percent, private sector 26 percent, legislative 19 percent, and the head of local government 3 percent. The practice in bureaucracy started in little aspect like give a money for apparatus in sub district to acceleration administration until to major corruption in the process of licensing and procurement of goods and services.

The ministry of home affairs indicates that there are 3 aspects that require strengthening so that the corruption in the local government can be suppressed, there are regional planning and budgeting, APBD Management and Permits.

The first, aspect of planning and budgeting, national conclusions have indicated an inconsistency between planning and budgeting. A total of 17.7 percent of the programs contained in the RPJMD are not spelled out in RKPD and 25.03 percent inconsistences between RKPD and PPAS. Base on the problem ministry of home affairs has obliged all local government to implement E Planning. The hope with implementation of e planning created the ideal conditions of planning documents, among other the document clean of intervention of the interests of individual or parties so that leads to the required rather that desired, maintaining consistency between planning and budgeting documents, and also the existence of clarity of budget performance structure between input, process, output, outcome and impact.

The second aspect that requires strengthening is related to the management of APBD. The problem during 2017 among are:

1. Level of obedience on time determination of APBD 2017 is still low that is 78 percent. However, for the year 2018 has increased significantly. Where only two provinces and 20 districts/cities are delay,
2. indirect spending structure that is 59.61 percent still bigger than direct expense which only 40.39 percent.
3. The degree of fiscal autonomy or the level of regional budget independence is still relatively low, namely on average 34.72 percent nationally. This show that local government still dependent on balancing fund and transfer funds from central government.
4. The proportion of capital expenditure is still small at only 18.13 percent and decreased nationally in the year2018 which is an average of 17.30 percent of the total expenditure. Ideally capital expenditure has the largest proportion in APBD, as it directly related to services and additional assets of central government.
5. The proportion of official travel, grant expenditure despite tightening the arrangement, the magnitudes of each year tend to remain and increase. There are still findings and repeated examination in the aspect of the management of grants expenditure, official travel and procurement of goods and services. 

Furthermore, the last aspect that requires strengthening in the licensing aspect, this greatly affects the ease of our doing business ranking. Currently, Indonesia is still ranked 72th from the president target of 40^th place.

Hopefully this year in the phase of general election goes well and succeeds in creating the good leader who is full of quality and concern to make people prosperous.