PDIP Criticizes Political Parties Whose Hobby Is Importing Food

JAKARTA - The PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) said that Indonesia should be able to be sovereign in the food sector. Moreover, many products, such as rice seeds to soybeans, are produced by the nation's children.

This was conveyed by PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto when opening the National Food Sovereign Seminar on Realizing Farmer Welfare and the Consolidation of the Mari Prosperity of Farmers (MSP) Program at the PDIP DPP Party School, Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta. This activity was attended by farmers from West Java, Central Java, East Java, and Lampung.

"If we have the spirit of Indonesia being sovereign in the food sector, independent in the food sector, then without going through imports we should be able to produce food by the nation's children, Indonesian farmers," said Hasto in his remarks, Friday, February 3.

Hasto said that many of the nation's children have succeeded in creating seeds for farmers to use. One of them, MSP 65 rice seeds which can be harvested for 65 days.

It's just that PDIP can't do much regarding the use of seeds made by the nation's children. The reason is that every decision in government must be taken from various parties which often have different interests.

"That's where we are dealing with different party platforms. There are parties whose hobby is importing food," he said.

"Some time ago there was corruption in the name of cooking oil, only salt was corrupted," continued Hasto.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the PDI Perjuangan DPP in the Cooperative and MSME Sector Mindo Sianipar pushed for the seeds of the nation's children to receive attention from the Ministry of Agriculture. It is hoped that the dissemination can be carried out widely so that many farmers can access it.

"Earlier, it was hoped that the MSP farmers would be given access to the Ministry of Agriculture to release it so that more people would use what they produced from their own farming," said Mindo.

Mindo ensured that the party with the bull symbol would focus on promoting people's sovereignty. Moreover, this is in accordance with the results of the Fifth PDIP Congress.

"We know that there is a lot of information about the global crisis, the results of the party congress so that we can be sovereign in the food sector," he concluded.