Airlangga Hartarto Says Palm Oil Farmers In Pekanbaru Ask Jokowi To Be President For Three Periods

PEKANBARU - Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto, received the aspirations of the farming community during a working visit to Siak, Pekanbaru, Thursday, February 24.

In a question and answer session, farmers in Libo Jaya Village, Kandis, Siak Regency stated that they wanted the sustainability of the government under President Joko Widodo, because of his policies that have improved the lives of oil palm farmers.

“We caught the aspiration about the desire for a sustainable policy and also the aspiration for the same policy to continue. Of course, the one who answered this request was not the Coordinating Minister because the Coordinating Minister had answered the palm oil business", said Airlangga in an official statement.

Airlangga, who is also the General Chair of the Golkar Party, stated that he must be ready to accept this aspiration. "Because we have hats from political parties, and members of the Indonesian House of Representatives are present here, therefore we absorb the aspirations of the people from Siak Regency, especially planters and farmers. Because we are the general chairman of political parties, it is our job to absorb the aspirations of the people", said Airlangga.

Including aspirations to ask for a continuation of the program and ask for an extension of the government, Airlangga promised to discuss it with other political parties.

"We will discuss these aspirations with the leaders of other political parties, and for us, for the Golkar party the aspirations of the people are the aspirations of the party because we will continue to accept the aspirations of the people, and of course, they will be channeled", said Airlangga.

The members of the Indonesian House of Representatives from Golkar who were also present at the visit of the Strategic Partnership's Palm Oil Replanting Program, have also heard for themselves what the people's aspirations are.

Airlangga admitted that thanks to President Joko Widodo's policies, the income of smallholders from palm oil has now increased by 3.5 times. "This is thanks to the leadership of the President. Of course, as a political party, we will listen to these aspirations, and once again we will communicate that this success is felt by the community and people with aspirations", he said.

In addition to the question and answer session, an oil palm farmer named P. Sihombing also expressly hopes that Jokowi can lead three terms.

"My hope and that of other oil palm farmers, Mr. President Jokowi, can be three terms, since he became president the price of palm oil is very good. But if possible the price of fertilizer is reduced. In addition, road construction in this area needs to be repaired quickly", said Sihombing.

In addition, other farmers also stated that President Jokowi's policies were highly accepted by the public, including the KUR policy, which this year increased from IDR 283 trillion last year to IDR 373 trillion. how easy it is to organize the government and how to advance the economy is very difficult.

"We see that it takes an extraordinary commitment", said one farmer.

Some even say that if the current government does not carry out the current conditions under President Jokowi, Indonesia's condition will definitely deteriorate. If this government can continue, all programs will be able to be completed properly, but usually, if you change the government or the president, you will change policies

“Farmers also want more sustainability. If not for another period, they hope that the Jokowi administration period can be extended until 2027 or 2028 so that farmers can feel the continuity of development", said the farmer named Tolen and Edy in turn.