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Many regulations highly overlap; prone to confrontation: Expert

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Tempo - November 11, 2017

Antara, Jakarta – State Administrative Law Lecturers Association (APHTN) chairman Mahfud MD stated that regulations in Indonesia are not well-structured and it causes inefficiency.

"Regulations in Indonesia are too many and overlap and it can cause confrontation. This will impede acceleration measures of development and economy," Mahfud said in East Java on Saturday (11/11).

Mahfud continued that a ministry or institution at times denies or even competes to assume responsibility due to the overlapping regulations which in turn pose problems to the government and the people.

Mahfud exemplified the issue of dwelling time in Tanjung Priok Harbor that sometimes extends to more than 7 days.

"President Joko Widodo demanded maximum 4-day dwelling time, but this cannot be implemented since each department has their own policy," Mahfud stated.

Experts of State Administrative Law, members of APHTN, recorded that there are at least 62,000 regulations in Indonesia,making Indonesia suffer from regulation obesity.

From 2000 to 2015, there are around 12.500 regulations produced by both central and local government.

Source: https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2017/11/11/055913144/Many-Regulations-Highly-Overlap-Prone-to-Confrontation-Expert

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