Individual sector urges govt to construct post-COVID-19 economic strategy

Businesspeople in the united states are ready for the federal government to announce a fresh economic strategy and rules amid its coverage to relax COVID-19-related restrictions.

Without such guidelines, the so-called new normal period would only keep enterprises with an increase of uncertainty, said businesswoman and former maritime affairs and fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti.

“It’s business as usual in our country. [Businesses] have certainly not been operating as a result of outbreak, but the federal government keeps collecting non-taxes revenues,” she explained in a conversation held by the nationwide COVID-19 task push on Friday.

Susi, who owns various businesses, including a great airline known as after herself, Susi Air flow, said all non-cargo flights had been suspended in the past two months, causing the company to get zero income. Yet, the business still needed to purchase many clearances, such as security clearance upon getting into airports, plane ownership records and pilot permits.

“The federal government should suspend such obligations for businesspeople to pay non-tax receipts through the pandemic,” said Susi.

The Jakarta Post senior editor Endy Bayuni, also a speaker at the debate, said the federal government had yet to lay out a clear strategy for restoring the economy. Meanwhile, the federal government had eased restrictions although the united states still saw brand-new COVID-19 cases.

“The federal government keeps pushing for the brand new normal; yet it hasn't develop any new technique regarding which direction our economy is heading in,” said Endy, who's also an associate of the Facebook Oversight Table.

He added a new economic technique for task creation was necessary. “What I see may be the opposite: The authorities seems to give attention to tourism, which could barely be revived in a single or two years.”

Endy cited the exemplory case of europe, which invested 875 billion euros (US$983.5 billion) to rebuild factories and reduce dependency on Chinese products.

“They also shoot for a green market. The direction is definitely apparent; the private sector may then comply with the rhythm of the government’s technique,” he said.

Noting that the role of the exclusive sector had been reduced previously years, Endy explained the government should talk with individual sector actors in tackling economical challenges after the pandemic.

“Maybe it’s period for the government to restore assurance in the private sector and interact to build the market for the people.”