JAKARTA - The Indonesian Street Vendors Association (APKLI) expressed their support for the efforts of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to keep cigarettes away from children. They agreed not to sell cigarettes to minors.
Chairman of the Indonesian Street Vendors Association (APKLI) Ali Mahsun said this was in line with the vision and mission of the Governor of Jakarta Pramono Anung to make Jakarta an icon of a global city.
Through his official statement in Jakarta in Sunday, Ali said, APKLI as the initiator of the Movement for Not Selling Cigarettes to Children since 2023 has determined street vendors, market traders, traditional stalls and hawkers not to sell cigarettes to children under the age of 21.
"Regarding the protection of children from smoking, it is us who have spearheaded the declaration of not selling cigarettes to children," said Ali.
Nevertheless, Ali hopes that the government can be wise before issuing derivative rules for PP 28 of 2024 by prohibiting the sale of cigarettes at a radius of 200 meters from educational facilities, retail sales to prohibiting cigarette use and so on.
Because, according to Ali, this also concerns tens of millions of people's economic actors from upstream to downstream sectors.
In addition, APKLI supports Governor Pramono Anung's commitment to protect all small traders in the Draft Regional Regulation of Non-Smoking Areas (Ranperda KTR).
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"This is not because of anything, it is not about anti-health, this is a matter of economic buffer. And, it is clear, as stated by the Governor that the Ranperda KTR must not interfere with the people's economy and the Ranperda KTR must not prohibit people from selling cigarettes," said Ali.
For this reason, Ali hopes that small traders, warteg, pecel catfish and Street Vendors (PKL) can still sell safely and comfortably to make a living.
Previously, DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo said that his party was still discussing in detail the matter of the Ranperda KTR so as not to burden MSMEs.
"Because after all, for me, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) must get protection," Pramono said when met in West Jakarta.
Pramono also wants that even though this regulation is ratified, it should not only benefit the upper middle class but harm the lower middle class.
In line with Pramono, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Rano Karno said that the Jakarta Provincial Government must indeed be fair in determining the KTR Regional Regulation.
Rano said that this fair treatment needed to be applied considering that there were some people who smoked and some who didn't.
Rano also emphasized that every citizen of Jakarta has the right, both smokers and not. Thus, the existence of this rule is not to prohibit all people from smoking.
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