Faisal Basri: Social Assistance Symbols Of Jokowi's People's Welfare Failure

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JAKARTA - Indef senior economist Faisal Basri revealed that the number of recipients of social assistance or social assistance in the era of Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration has increased compared to the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) era.

In fact, continued Faisal, the number has also increased compared to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Indonesia experienced a pandemic in 2020 and began recovery in 2022.

"With regard to social assistance, social assistance increased from the SBY era to Jokowi. It increased compared to the COVID-19 period. It was called social assistance, meaning that more people were being burdened," he said in an Indef discussion, at the Mainhattan Hotel, Jakarta, Monday, February 5.

Faisal also considered that from simple things such as social assistance alone, it could be illustrated that the Jokowi government failed to carry out the mandate of the law to prosper the Indonesian people.

"Jadi Jokowi ternyata gagal menyejahterakan rakyat Indonesia, buktinya makin banyak orang yang menerima bansos. Yang nggur, yang dikerja, yang gagal, yang gagal panen, yang gagal panen, yang curukannya kurang dan sebagainya," ucapnya.

Jokowi, continued Faisal, also failed to reduce the number of people whose lives were economically vulnerable. This is reflected in the increasing number of social assistance recipients.

"Gagal Jokowi. It is proven that people who are vulnerable to their lives do not go down, as reflected in the increasing social assistance," he said.

Faisal regretted that not a single presidential candidate (candidate) dared to discuss the issue of increasing the number of social assistance recipients in last night's debate.

As is known, last night the General Elections Commission (KPU) held the fifth debate or the last debate of the 2024 presidential election before the election on February 14.

"No one dares to keep talking. Because Indef researchers, we have ethics and morals like that. Even though this was announced by numbers 01 and 03. But it didn't come out because he was afraid that the consequences of attacking Jokowi would not be popular on social media. negative, that's it," he said.