Indonesian president pledges to enhance law enforcement, combat terrorism
www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-05 21:00:22   Print

    JAKARTA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has just won a second term, has laid out his first 100-day targets, which include overhauling law enforcement and land acquisition, innovating infrastructure, combating terrorism and facilitating investments.

    Speaking after a cabinet meeting Thursday, the president said he would take concrete actions to fight blackmail, illegal tariffs, grafts and others irregularities in police, attorney general, courts, anti-corruption watchdog, ministries, tax office, and customs.

    The pledge came amid detention of two top officials of the Corruption Eradication Commission on criminal charges.

    "This will be our top priority in the first 100 days of my term. I know it is not as easy as that being imagined, it would not be totally addressed in one step, but I am certain that should we done it seriously, the target will be achieved," said Yudhoyono.

    Mafia in judiciary has long been complained as an obstacle to lure investors.

    The government would provide a safe situation for investments in the country, which has been hit by a series of major terror attacks with more than 250 fatalities, the president said.

    "Preventing terrorist acts through education sectors, community activities, and others will be stepped up," he said.

    "We will take more conclusive steps to address the complexity inland use and management," said Yudhoyono.

    "Our expectation in the next five years is there will be more lands can be used for economic development," he added.

    President Yudhoyono has promised to double infrastructure spending to 140 billion U.S. dollars during his second term to reach an annual economic growth of more than 7 percent.

    One of the main obstacles on the industrial development was electricity shortages in nearly all parts of the country, the president said that his administration would ensure the 10.000 mega watts electricity projects and others could meet the increasing energy demand, which stand at over 10 percent annually.

    On industry, the government planned to revitalize the industries of sugar and fertilizer to primarily meet the domestic demand of over 230 million people in the country, most of whom live in agriculture sector, said Yudhoyono.

    Soaring sugar prices at the global market has boosted the domestic sugar prices to about 11,000 rupiah (some 1.15 U.S. dollars) per kilogram.

Editor: Xiong Tong
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