Local policy-making mechanisms - Forest Climate Center

Local Policy-making Mechanisms12. The Draft Regulation on Fees Regarding Personal Identification Cards, Family Certificatesand Civil Registry Certificates13. The Draft Regulation on Taxation on the Sale of Products from District Businesses14. The Draft Regulation on Commercial Permits15. The Draft Regulation on Fees Payable to Government Entities16. The Draft Regulation on the Amendment of Regional Regulation No. 23 on BuildingsMr Speaker,As mentioned there are 16 draft regulations that we as the Executive have proposed for yourapproval. This reflects our consistency, as mandated by your institution, to conduct significantefforts to improve the livelihood for the people living in the District of Tanjabbar. To achieve suchgoals, there need to be legal foundations in the form of regional regulations in order to conductour activities. These regulations play a significant role as they are a manifestation of the policiesthat are to be put in place. We are aware that these efforts to formulate public policy must fallunder the guidelines of the Strategic Plan set by Regional Regulation No.1 Year 2001.As the Head of the Executive branch, I am aware that without your support and cooperation,there is not much that I can perform. I hope that you will support these policies that I haveproposed without looking into any other interest but that of the public good.Mr Speaker,In this occasion let me briefly summarize some of the draft regulations that we have put forwardtoday. In this era of regional autonomy, we are asked to look for breakthroughs and opportunitiesto increase our local income, through methods of diversifying taxation or increasing these taxesand most importantly transforming the district government to become entrepreneurs themselves.As an entrepreneur, the district government must form or develop companies to conduct businessactivities.As we know, we have our own local company, ‘Jabung Barat Sakti’, however, the unfortunateexperiences of that company have shown us the importance of the certainty of law. District-ownedcompanies up to this point have only been established under District Head decrees. For this reason,we would like to propose the draft regulation on the establishment of a company with the samename, ‘Jabung Barat Sakti’. This will be a holding company which consists of several subsidiarycompanies which operate in different fields of business. It is hoped that this company will be ableto gradually expand, however profit orientation should always be the main goal. I hope that theparliament will allow this company to first reach its break-even point before demanding a portionfor the regional income. Your support is needed in order to facilitate BUMD PD Jabung BaratSakti in conducting its mission as the economic spearhead of the district of Tanjabbar.Mr Speaker,Today we would also like to propose the draft regulation on the taxation on the sale of locallyproduced goods. This will be the foundation for the District Government to sell goods producedby the District Government’s businesses, for example the programme to sell one million ducksthat we are currently engaged in. Duck eggs or ducks produced by the Farming Office can besold to the farming community or to the general public, and I encourage our Division Heads tocontinue this sprit of entrepreneurship.46