Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.   Distinguished Vice President, Ministries, and Head of Institutions. This is the third time we have talked about the staple food issues due to matters of stock availability and price, it is important for us to continue to monitor the price stability daily, weekly. As I have often said, be careful […]

Assalamu’alaikum  warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.   This morning I want to ensure, inspecting the distribution of Cash Social Assistance (BST) to the community. Today, I was inspecting the Juanda Post Office. I saw that the distribution went well, the queue was in a proper distance, everyone wore a face mask, and before handing out the money, cleaning hands […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,   Distinguished Vice President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Ministers and Governors.   This morning, we evaluate of the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). We are aware that four provinces and 72 municipalities and regencies have implemented the PSBB. I also note that there are other provinces or municipalities/regencies that have […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.   Distinguished Vice President, Ministers, and Head of Institutions. This morning I’d like to address some issues, including speciment testing, the handling of Indonesian migrant workers arrival, and acceleration of production of medical equipment and COVID-19 medicine. First, regarding total improvement on capacity and speed of PCR testing. I received a […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.   Distinguished Vice President, Ladies and Gentlemen, participants of the Plenary Cabinet Meeting,   Before I give the opportunity to Minister of Finance to explain the indicative ceiling plan for State Budget Bill for the 2021 Fiscal Year, I would like to explain several important things to the Ministers and Head […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, We strive and hope that the peak of COVID-19 pandemic will be on the decline immediately. However, according to some experts, when the number of cases is slowing down, it doesn’t mean that it will flatten or become zero cases suddenly, there is a possibility that the case will rise and drop. […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.   Distingushed Vice President, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen.   Today’s Limited Meeting will discuss anticipation of the impacts of droughts on staple food supplies. I have said on many occasions about a warning from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on global food crisis. Therefore, we must calculate and prepare for […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.   Distinguished Mr. Vice President, Ladies and Gentlemen.   Before listening to the report from the Chairperson of Task Force Team, I would like to highlight some issues. First, related to the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) imposed in four provinces and 22 regencies and cities. I want to ensure that the […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,   Distinguished Vice President, Ladies and Gentlemen. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a very broad impact, especially on employment. Based the information I have received, there are more than one million informal workers who are on unpaid leave and 375,000 formal workers have been laid off. As for informal workers, it […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.   Distinguished Vice President, Ladies and Gentlemen in attendance.   We must prepare anticipatory measures in order to meet the basic needs of our people. Therefore, first of all, I order a quick count and a quick assessment of the basic needs in each region and each province. Do calculate which […]