Banggar Asks For Problems At The Gen Z Unemployment Rate To Downstream Becomes Attention In The Preparation Of The 2025 RAPBN

Chairman of the DPR Budget Agency (Banggar) Said Abdullah. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Budget Agency (Banggar) of the DPR RI Said Abdullah asked for the issue of the Z generation unemployment rate (gen Z) to downstream into attention in the preparation of the Draft State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (RAPBN) for the 2025 fiscal year.

"We hope that this fundamental problem will become the attention of the Government and be stated in the Government Work Plan (RKP) and Macroeconomic Policy and the Basic Principles of Fiscal Policy (KEM-PPKF) for the 2025 RAPBN," Said said in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, June 5.

Dia menyoroti data Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) yang menunjukkan hampir 10 juta penduduk berusia 15-24 tahun atau gen Z belum, tidak sekolah, tidak bekerja atau tidak mengikuti pelatihan atau Not Employment, Education, or Training (NEET).

"The 20 percent education budget of state spending must be able to provide the skills of our young people to welcome their future," he said.

In addition, Said also mentioned the level of stunting prevalence which is still far from the target of 14 percent (21.5 percent in 2023), the level of extreme poverty that has not been completed, to the number of social inequality or Gini ratios that are still wide.

"We facilitate it through the 2025 RAPBN so that the Government can complete it," said Said.

Furthermore, he assessed that infrastructure development and downstreaming have not been able to change the direction of the economy to navigate higher-value exports.

He recommended that tax incentives on downstreaming policies be balanced with the obligation to absorb Indonesian workers, transfer technology, and expand the scope of the national manufacturing industry. This aims to provide broader value for the prosperity of the people.

Downstreaming must be a new course for export policies and foreign exchange management. Banggar DPR supports the Government more firmly and dares to change foreign exchange governance for the national interest," he said.

Banggar chairman also highlighted the agenda for food and energy independence that has not yet reached the targets and energy sectors that still face various challenges.

The 2025 State Budget will be implemented by President Prabowo Subianto, but the discussions have begun and been passed before the change of leadership. For this reason, he believes that the discussion of the above points is important.

"We want to discuss several strategic agendas that may need to be continued in his era, so that it makes it easier for his government to make adjustments to the implementation of the strategic program," said Said.