"I hope that the KEIN will also pay attention to the development of creative economy in Indonesia," Anang Hermansyah, a member of Commission X on creative economy affairs of the House of Representatives (DPR), said here on Wednesday.
He said it is expected of the establishment of the KEIN, and the newly installed members to help the government in boosting the growth of creative economy in Indonesia.
Anang Hermansyah, who is also the chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) faction in the DPR, expressed his confidence that the new institution would help develop creative economy in the country. Moreover, Ipang Wahid, who is a member of KEIN and a creative economy businessman, could serve as the prime motivator and trigger efforts to concretize the empowerment of human resources in the creative economic sector.
He said that a number of problems in the creative economy sector should be addressed and resolved soon through cooperation between the KEIN and the Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf).
"The recent problems such as the issue relating to creativity rights, as regulated in Law No. 28/2014 on Copy Rights, should be addressed seriously," he said.
The issue, according to Anang, has emerged as a crucial one for creative people and for creative economy, particularly when it comes to music and films. Therefore, Anang said the Bekraf and the KEIN should work to resolve this.
"The reason I ask these agencies to work immediately is because these problems need immediate solutions," noted Anang.
Earlier, Anang launched an Anti-Piracy Parliamentary Caucus and Law No. 28/2014. The caucus has already been signed by 70 DPR members from various factions.
Anang also emphasized the establishment of a joint special working committee on creative economy, in the face of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).
"The House leadership has given a good response and supported parliamentary efforts with regard to creative economy," remarked Anang.
Earlier, President Jokowi installed the executives of the KEIN, including the chairman, deputy chairman, secretary and other members at the State Palace on Wednesday morning.
Jokowi installed Soetrisno Bachir as the institutions chairman, Arif Budimanta as deputy chairman, Putri Wardani as secretary and 17 other members.
The 17 members are Hendri Saparini, Hariyadi Sukamdani, Eddy Sariatmadja, Sudhamek, Jhonny Darmawan, Benny Soetrisno, Mohamad Fadhil Hasan, Benny Pasaribu, Sonny Budi Harsono, Aries Muftie, Muhammad Safii Antonio, M. Najikh, Andri BS Sudibyo, Zulnahar Usman, Irfan Wahid, Donny Oskaria and Ugiarto Alim.
Before the installation of the KEIN executives, the President also installed Nazir Foead as head of the National Peatland Restoration Agency. Attending the inauguration event were Vice President M Jusuf Kalla, Chief Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut B Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution and Coordinating Minister for Human Development Puan Maharani.
Minister of Industry Saleh Husin, Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Edy Saefuddin, Minister for State Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Yuddy Chrisnandi, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya, Chairman of Presidential Advisory Council Sri Adiningsih, Speaker of the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) Zulkifli Hasan and House Speaker Ade Komaruddin also attended the inauguration ceremony.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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