Urges Government To Handle Storm Of Layoffs, DPR: Instead Of Gold Indonesia, So Indonesia Is Anxious!

JAKARTA - Member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives, Netty Prasetiyani Aher, asked the Government to immediately deal with the dismissed storm. The government must move quickly to find solutions as the number of workers being laid off continues to increase.

"The government should not be calm, as if there is no problem. One of the factors that caused the collapse of the domestic textile and garment industry was not strong enough to compete with Chinese imported goods. Imports of goods from China must be monitored and tightened," said Netty, Thursday, September 5.

As is known, the textile, garment and footwear industry is the sector that mostly lays off. In addition to the reason for not being strong enough to compete with Chinese imported products, it is also due to a lack of demand that has led to a decline in production in the last three years.

Netty assessed that the Government must make regulatory improvements considering that producers from China can sell products at cheaper prices due to subsidies and ease of regulations from their state governments.

"This means that there are regulations that are profitable (from the Chinese government). In addition, it should be suspected that there is an illegal practice of selling and importing entering Indonesia. We must check how the regulations are in Indonesia," said the legislator from the West Java VIII electoral district.

Netty also asked the Government to investigate the supervision of imported products and eradicate the practice of selling illegal imports.

"If this condition is allowed, of course more and more domestic industries will fall and lay off their employees," said Netty.

Netty said that the neglect of the problem of layoffs will also have an impact on the future of the nation because the high unemployment rate can affect the community's economy.

"The number of layoffs will give birth to an anxious generation, instead of the golden generation," he said.

Netty asked the Government to make policies that encourage and support companies to run their businesses healthier.

"The job fair program attracts the enthusiasm of the community, but does not solve the problems of the fallen and out of business industry. The government must focus on overcoming problems with efforts to improve and restore the company," continued Netty.

Based on the Ministry of Manpower's one data page, a storm of layoffs began to be seen last year where in the January-November 2023 period there were 57,923 workers who were laid off. The most layoffs occurred in Central Java. The second position was followed by DKI Jakarta, and the third position in Banten Province.

Especially for layoffs in DKI Jakarta, the service sector is dominated by restaurants and cafes. Meanwhile, the storm of layoffs in Central Java mostly occurs in the manufacturing, textile, garment, and footwear sectors.