Jakarta, May 13 -- President Prabowo Subianto is pushing for regulatory reform and accelerated business licensing to support job creation and strengthen the national economy.

"All officials from all ministries and institutions are looking for ways to improve the system, reduce inefficiencies, and simplify licensing-do not make it difficult," he stated at the handover ceremony for administrative fines and state financial recoveries at the Attorney General's Office in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Prabowo said he had received complaints from businesses about the long wait for permits and licenses.

Therefore, the President asked Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi to establish a special deregulation task force to simplify various overlappin...