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 […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Distinguished Vice President, Ministers, ladies and gentlemen.   I notice that the discussion has become more focused and there are five major schemes in the economic protection and recovery program, mainly in the micro, small, and medium business sector, including special programs for ultra-micro and micro businesses that have not made […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. This morning, I heard a statement from Department of Homeland Security official of the United States who delivered a research result that air temperature, sunlight, and humidity level greatly affect the kill speed of the COVID-19 virus in the air and non-porous surfaces. The higher the temperature, the higher the humidity, and […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.  On this occasion, I would like to talk about Omnibus Bill on Job Creation, which is currently being discussed at the House of Representatives (DPR). The Government had discussed with the DPR and the Speaker of the DPR has conveyed to the public that the discussion on Employment Cluster in the Bill […]