JAKARTA - Special Presidential Envoy for Energy and Climate Hashim Djojohadikusumo emphasized that the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program for children and pregnant women will not stop.
Hashim in his remarks at the Inauguration and Confirmation of the DPP, DPD, and DPC Srikandi Jaga Desa, the branch of the National Village Consultative Agency Association (Abpednas), in Jakarta, Friday evening, emphasized that MBG was President Prabowo Subianto's determination.
"I think it's no longer a secret that the government is determined to continue the MBG program, it won't stop until we succeed. We give nutritious food to all children and pregnant women who need nutritious food. It's already a determination, it's a promise of the Prabowo Subianto campaign, it won't stop, it will continue," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, July 3.
The MBG program, said Hashim, is President Prabowo's idea since around 2006.
He said Prabowo aspires to improve the health of Indonesian children who suffer from stunting.
According to Hashim, this program was Prabowo's promise long before he was elected President.
"This is a campaign promise of Prabowo Subianto since 2009, when he was still a vice presidential candidate, continued in 2014 as a presidential candidate, continued in 2019, and continued in 2024. That is the campaign promise of Prabowo Subianto, children in Indonesia, all who want it will be able to get free nutritious food, so that the very, very heavy condition, namely stunting, we can overcome," he said.
However, Hashim did not deny the allegations of irregularities in the implementation of the program.
For this reason, he asked the relevant ministries/institutions and members of the Village Guard Srikandi to escort the implementation of the MBG program.
"Programs with noble goals, but if the implementation of the implementation is not supervised and properly trained, we have seen the results, yes," said Hashim.
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