Donyayeh Eqtesad newspaper published an article by Engineer Valiollah Afkhamirad, CEO of the Kerman Development Organization, who criticizes the many systems of government agencies in industry and mining. In this readable article, Engineer Afkhami believes that the many systems of the Ministry of Justice have strayed from their goals, making work slow and costly for economic activists. The full article published in Donyayeh Eqtesad newspaper follows:
Nowadays, more than ever, businessmen, industrialists, and investors are trapped in many systems of government agencies, including the Ministry of Justice, and no institution or department seems to feel obliged to respond to them.
It would be good if the relevant authorities entrusted the study of the positive and negative effects and consequences of these systems on improving private sector investment in the country with an expert perspective to research institutions affiliated with the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade or prepared master's and doctoral theses of the students concerned, so that it would be clear what their achievements were and to what extent they created the conditions to accelerate and improve the performance of trade and commerce in the country.
As a general rule, the design and deployment of these systems has the sole objective of accelerating, creating transparency, and reducing the costs of economic activities. If we examine the initial justifications of the experts concerned regarding the need to create these systems, we see nothing other than the benevolent objectives mentioned above. But how is it that despite the inclusion of all the required information in the many systems announced by the executive agencies, economic activists complain about the slowness of work, the cost, and the long delays in completing tasks?
Among these systems, we find the global trade system, the global warehouse system, the warehousing system, etc. Although some of them bear the title of global, there is no performance indicating their completeness. The concern increases when we realize that each of these systems is also equipped with tools that, with the recognition and opinion of an expert, can become a solid barrier to prevent any further movement of their clients.
At the same time, the means of introducing sanctions in other ways arouse the concern of economic activists. These tools sometimes lead to lawsuits against traders and business owners, in addition to wasting their time, in some cases they are forced to pay heavy fines, in addition to the objection of the competent expert to the relevant statistical data, especially under the pretext of delays in recording information about the goods in various warehouse systems.
Much of the information requested by these systems regarding the type and quantity of goods, the origin of import, the tariff number, the buyer and seller, and other issues are common to all, but unfortunately, these systems are not able to transfer this information between them, and the economic operator is forced to repeatedly enter similar information in several systems. It seems that the creators of such systems do not have sufficient knowledge of the impact of various parameters on business in the private sector and that instead of removing the obstacles that hinder the process of economic activities, they consciously or unconsciously created others that led to an increase in costs, which are borne by the final consumer and take away his ability to compete. This is a violation of the purpose of using information technologies, which delays losses and harms economic activities, instead of speeding things up and reducing costs. It is hoped that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other executive agencies will adopt measures that will speed up the execution of business and reduce the costs associated with investments by eliminating unnecessary and cumbersome systems.
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