REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Head of the National Planning and Development Board (Bappenas) Armida Alisjahbana urged president-elect Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to pay attention to the wishes of the local government and investors.

"Jokowi should listen to the demands of the local government and investors in determining the sustainability of the project Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesian Economic Development (MP3EI)," Armida Alisjahbana stated on Wednesday.

Alisjahbana claimed that the realization of the initial development and infrastructure projects within the framework of MP3EI provided various opportunities for economic growth in the region. One of MP3EI projects worth 544 trillion IDR of a total realization of 854 trillion IDR has been disbursed for development outside Java.

"The project realized in this MP3EI is strategic, but not the smaller ones," she pointed out.

She remarked that the realization of early construction and groundbreaking of MP3EI had been conducted from May 2011 to June 2014 for as many as 382 projects.

From exposure, the initial construction of the MP3EI project realization outside Java are performed in 41 projects infrastructure and 24 real projects in Sumatra, 47 projects infrastructure and 47 real projects in Borneo, 24 projects infrastructure and 26 real projects in Sulawesi, 28 project infrastructure and five real projects in Bali and Nusa Tenggara, 22 projects infrastructure and five real projects in Papua-Maluku.

Funding for MP3EI project still requires significant contribution from investments of state-owned enterprises and private companies.

In the infrastructure project, she pointed out that private investment had reached 29 trillion IDR, while the real private investment had absorbed 294 trillion IDR.

Depending on Jokowi

After Jokowi is inaugurated on October 20, the short-term target will depend on Jokowi's policies. The short-term target of initial development at the second semester is worth 443.5 trillion IDR in 132 projects.

"It all depends on Jokowi. The most important factor is that Jokowi should overcome major issues," she emphasized.

Alisjahbana remarked that Jokowi should be concerned about land acquisition, which is a major problem in some projects. She noted that Jokowi should look for alternative sources of financing, besides banking, to long-term financial requirements.

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