Joko Widodo Re-elected: How Will it Affect Doing Business in Indonesia?
The presidential election is over and the incumbent president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo,known familiarly as ‘Jokowi’, has officially been re-elected as the President of The Republic of Indonesia for the 2019-2024 term.
In his election campaign, Jokowi declared nine missions, from which we know that his 2nd-term administration’s target in the Rule of Law area for the next five years is to ensure a corruption/illegal levies-free, dignified and reliable legal system, through among other measures, continuing the reform of the legal system and law enforcement and making sure that there is no conflict between the laws and regulations as well as deregulating certain areas as necessary.
Written by Vincent Ariesta Lie, Yohanes Masengi, and Hilda Leswara, read about what to expect in terms of investment, bureaucracy, and infrastructure, among others, in the link below.
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