JAKARTA - Minister of Villages and Regional Development (Mendes PDT) Yandri Susanto said his party was ready to immediately write a letter to President Prabowo Subianto to submit a proposal for holding a meeting with regional heads with a status of a lagging region.
Previously, the proposal to submit a joint audience with President Prabowo was conveyed by the Regent of North Nias Amizaro Waruwu, who was always the coordinator of the heads of regional governments who were left behind in the opening of the Coordination Meeting for the Acceleration of Development of Lagging Regions at the PDT Ministry of Home Affairs Office, Jakarta, Wednesday, February 25.
"Earlier, there was a very rational and reasonable proposal through Mr. Amizaro, the Regent of North Nias, as the coordinator of the regents of the lagging regions to meet directly with President Prabowo. I think this is something extraordinary, their desire, and we will communicate so that they can meet directly with the President," said Mendes Yandri to reporters after attending the opening of the meeting.
Furthermore, he said that during the meeting, leaders from regions with a lagging status could express directly to the President about the conditions of their respective regions.
Previously, Mendes Yandri had described the condition of a number of areas that were still lagging behind. These areas, he said, still have not been electrified, have internet signals, and face limitations in infrastructure and educational facilities.
"Educational facilities are still very limited. To go to (school), the term is an average of 2 kilometers on foot. Then, business centers are still very limited, an average of 9 kilometers they only reach markets for business centers and so on," said the former Deputy Chairman of the MPR RI.
Regarding the schedule for the hearing, Mendes Yandri said he would leave the decision to President Prabowo Subianto. He then asked the regional heads to attach the results of the recommendations that had been formulated in the Coordination Meeting for the Acceleration of Regional Development in the Disadvantaged Areas when they met with the President later.
Previously, the Director General (Dirjen) of the Acceleration of Regional Development of the Left Behind (PPDT) Samsul Widodo had conveyed that based on the Medium-Term Development Plan 2025-2029, there were still 30 left-behind areas in Indonesia.
He said that the 30 lagging areas were in a number of provinces. Among them are North Sumatra Province which includes North Nias Regency, Nusa Tenggara Province which includes three regencies, namely Central Sumba Regency, South West Sumba, and Sabu Raijua Regency.
"The rest are from the province of Papua, both West Papua, South West Papua, South Papua, Papua Mountains, and Central Papua," said Samsul Widodo.
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