REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has annulled 3,143 bylaws which impeded national capacity, hindered efforts to beat competition or were in conflict with the spirit of unity in diversity.

The bylaws were annulled based on four criteria. These were, first, slowing down regional economic growth and adding to bureaucratic procedures; second, obstructing licensing and investment process; third, impeding the ease of doing business; and fourth, contradicting higher regulations, the president said at a press conference at the Merdeka Palace here on Monday.

"The annulment of these laws was aimed at making Indonesia a tolerant and competitive nation," announced the president, who was accompanied by Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung.

As a big nation, Indonesia must create strong national capacities in the face of increasingly fiercer competition in the global market, he added.

"As a pluralistic nation, we must also strengthen ourselves by upholding the spirit of tolerance and unity," he stated.

Therefore, the central and regional governments must have an integral vision, and share tasks, he stressed.

Tjahjo pointed out that the 3,143 annulled bylaws were impeding investment and the government wanted to cut bureaucratic procedures.

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