By : Rashka Pratama
Evidence of the seriousness of the Indonesian government for self-improvement in the context of facing global competition is the realization of development, one of which is infrastructure with the aim of making connectivity between regencies / cities, provinces and nationalities easy and practical so that it will increase social and economic dynamics, which have an impact on rising working hours and community income. This infrastructure development has actually been successful in several areas.
The government’s policy to form the Committee for the Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Provision (KPPIP) in 2014 has finally begun to be felt by the people of Indonesia. The government is determined to develop Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke, from Miangas to Rote. For the regions, the development has already been felt.
The acceleration of development by the government was initially due to the gap between people living in cities and villages. People who live in cities are considered more advanced because they are facilitated with adequate infrastructure, more accessible education and so on. In addition, the fact that Indonesia has been independent for 72 years is still a lot of areas that are classified as disadvantaged as in parts of Kalimantan, Maluku, Papua, Sumatra and Sulawesi are still very pathetic. Because of their remoteness they cannot move as fast as the urban community, consequently they are lagging behind in several fields of development both educational, social and economic. They live in subsistence poverty, have not been adequately touched by science and technology, and even the pace of life is very limited. Therefore, to reduce the gap and as an effort to equalize, the government is determined to accelerate the development of infrastructure in all regions in Indonesia which are then spelled out in the national development program.
Through this concentration, the government began to focus development in the outer regions of Indonesia. This is not easy, but must be done if you want to develop the economy of the country so that it is more advanced and not inferior to other countries. With the election of Joko Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin in being elected president and vice president in the 2019 Presidential Election it is expected to be able to bring Indonesia to always be better.