The Minister Of Trade Ensures That Market Operations Are Held Every Day

Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan when he recovered the sign of the opening of the Rifaiyah 10th Congress in Batang Regency, Central Java, Saturday afternoon (22/9/2023). (ANTARA/Kutnadi)

BATANG - Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan emphasized that the government ensures that it is ready to carry out market operations every day and is sustainable as an effort to maintain stable prices for basic necessities in the market.

"Alhamdulillah, the prices of basic necessities during Lebaran were stable and the new year was also stable, now prices are also stable, only rice has risen slightly," he said when giving a speech at the Rifaiyah Xth Congress in Batang Regency, Central Java, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, September 23.

According to him, President Jokowi has ordered the Ministry of Trade to continue to carry out market operations every day.

"Yesterday I continued to go to Papua to Makassar, continued to NTT, then to Lampung, and today in Batang and East Java Regencies. Then tomorrow to Solo, so continue," he said.

Zulkifli Hasan, who is familiarly called Zulhas, said that low-cost market activities, rice assistance came from 10 kilograms of social assistance which was supposed to be distributed for next month, which was accelerated to be distributed this month to 21.5 million people.

"Social assistance rice for September, October, and November 2023. Hopefully, it will be continued in January, February and March 2024," he said.

Zulhas hopes that the community will be grateful for the sufficient condition of basic necessities, the economy will grow, and inflation will be controlled.

"Well, of course there are people who lead, namely President Joko Widodo. A lot is done, a lot is achieved," he said.