Mahfud MD Values Digital Infrastructure Development Is The Key To Eradicating Loans

JAKARTA - Indonesian Vice Presidential Candidate Mahfud MD assessed that online loans and online gambling that were rampant caused large losses and ha,rus, were immediately dealt with firmly by the government.

Mahfud said that currently Indonesia already has a law (UU) on Personal Data Protection (PDP) and the ITE Law. However, if he is elected, he will help strengthen the development of physical and digital infrastructure.

"We will also strengthen the development of regulatory infrastructure and also digitalization infrastructure. Cybersecurity is very important," said the Second Debate of the Vice Presidential Candidate on Friday, December 22.

According to Mahfud, several cases that have occurred to date have caused unrest in the community where a lot of public data is disseminated by irresponsible parties.

In fact, Mahfud said, currently many people are easily trusted by the lure so that many people are caught in the loan.

Mahfud said, there are examples, namely a teacher who takes loan loans from hundreds of thousands, but continues to flower up to hundreds of millions.

"There was a teacher in Semarang who borrowed only 500,000, then his debt became Rp. 240 million because the interest always increased," he said.

The existence of this case makes Mahfud so important to build strong digital infrastructure in the midst of massive development of digitalization.