Launched nine months ago, the government's 12 economic policy packages are seen as having failed to stimulate growth. Containing 203 different provisions, the packages have been inconsistently implemented in their objective of achieving a 5.3 percent growth target this year.

The main thrust of it all has been to pull in as much foreign investment as possible. But the second-quarter results show a mere realization of Rp545 trillion, or 30 percent of