Optimization of the Role and Function of the Business Competition Supervisory Commission in Unfair and Monopolistic Business Competition

Healthy business competition is an important basic element to drive economic growth. With these conditions, it encourages business actors to improve product quality, innovate, and offer competitive prices to meet consumer needs, which ultimately can provide benefits for the business actors themselves. In practice, business competition often experiences distortion due to several unhealthy business behaviors, such as the formation of cartels, unilateral pricing, and unfair market control. This monopolistic action not only harms consumers, MSMEs, and society in general, but also contributes to the slowdown in national economic growth, widens market inequality, and has the potential to damage the natural ecosystem. The problems that will be analyzed are: 1). Has the authority of the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) provided justice and balance between the interests of business actors and the public interest? 2). What are the characteristics of violations of Law Number 5 of 1999 concerning the Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Business Competition? And 3). What is the concept of future legal arrangements for the KPPU Institution in the supervision and enforcement of unfair business competition law in Indonesia? This study uses a normative research method. The type of research in this journal is normative juridical. This research uses a statutory approach, conceptual approach and case approach. Conclusion the KPPU's authority has a strategic role in maintaining a balance between the interests of business actors and the public interest. Through fair and consistent enforcement of competition law, the KPPU seeks to create a healthy business climate, encourage innovation, and protect consumers from unfair practices such as monopolies and unfair competition. Thus, the KPPU becomes an important pillar in realizing a just and sustainable economic system.