Create A Deterrent Effect, Vice President Ma'ruf Suggests Removing Social Assistance If Recipients Use It For Online Gambling

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin proposed that the people who received social assistance or social assistance who misused aid funds for online gambling be deprived of their rights.

This means that it is removed from the list of beneficiaries.

"If the recipient of the social assistance, the social assistance is used for gambling, now it is revoked. That's my suggestion," said Ma'ruf when met at JCC, Jakarta, Thursday, June 20.

Ma'ruf explained that his proposal was made to provide a deterrent effect if there were recipients of the social assistance using the social assistance for online gambling.

"So not people who are gambling are given social assistance. Social assistance recipients if they are gambling are revoked to teach everyone a lesson so that they are used for something useful," he said.

Furthermore, Ma'ruf emphasized that social assistance is only given to the poor for something useful.

"Look, social assistance is for the poor. So don't say gambling because of this, the focus is just poor. The verified category of poor people deserves social assistance. It continues to be updated every year," he said.

Previously, it was reported that the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy stated that his party was focused on dealing with victims who suffered losses due to online gambling or online.

"As we did in the case of the crime of trafficking in persons (TPPO), which has been more focused on after the eradication operation, then when there are victims, that's what we rehabilitate, especially from the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, we will focus on post-operation, which later we may have victims to handle," said Muhadjir at the office of the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, Jakarta, reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 19.

Muhadjir also said that later there might be additions such as education or socialization by technical ministries, such as the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Religion, or the Ministry of Social Affairs regarding the handling of victims of online gambling, because victims may also need assistance in the form of psychological consultations.

Tidak berarti kemudian diberi sembako, karena skema bansos itu sebagian besar nonmaterial. Untuk Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) atau Bantuan Pangan Noncanai juga lewat rekening, juga ada konsultasi psikologis, rehabilitasi sosial kan banyak sekali," tuturnya.