The Minister Of Home Affairs Asks 10 Provinces/Regencies And Cities Whose Inflation Is Above 'Safe' Hard Work To Control

Plt. Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs Tomsi Tohir while chairing the Regional Inflation Control Coordination Meeting at the Sanana Bhakti Praja Building, Head Office of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Jakarta, Tuesday (2/7/2024). BETWEEN/HO-Puspen Ministry of Home Affairs

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Home Affairs asks local governments (Pemda) whose inflation is still above the national average to evaluate and work harder in controlling. The 10 areas with the highest inflation, at the provincial level are Papua Mountains, North Sulawesi, Central Papua, West Sumatra, Gorontalo, West Papua, Bengkulu, Maluku, Riau, and Riau Islands. At the district level, namely North Minahasa, South Minahasa, Nabire, West Pasaman, Jayawijaya, Gorontalo, Kerinci, Dharmasraya, Mukomuko, and Central Aceh. Next at the city level, namely Kotamobagu, Ambon, Padangsidimpuan, Bukittinggi, Dumai, Sibolga, Batam, Ternate, Gunungsitoli, and Padang. Although the year on year national inflation achievement in June 2024 was 2.51 percent, according to Plt. Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs Tomsi Tohir, there are still a number of areas above the'safe' figure. "For friends who are above 2.51 percent, we ask them to keep trying their best to hold internal meetings again, then check which prices are still high," said Tomsi in his statement in Jakarta, Antara, Tuesday, July 2. Tomsi sees that it is necessary for regions to evaluate various inflation control efforts that have not been maximized. It is also said that various control strategies have often been presented at the Regional Inflation Control Coordination Meeting which has been going on for almost 2 years. "Of course, ladies and gentlemen, have memorized it outside their heads, just have to check the implementation properly in the field," he said. Control efforts in this area, he said, are important because it will have an impact on the achievement of national inflation. Therefore, Tomsi hopes that areas that are still above the national average can change better. Thus, they can contribute positively to national inflation control the following month. Moreover, currently many regions are led by regional heads (pj.) so that they can concentrate more and work harder because they are not affected by the implementation of the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Elections. On the other hand, Tomsi is grateful because based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Indonesia in June experienced deflation of 0.08 percent month to month (June 2024 to May 2024). Meanwhile, year on year inflation in June 2024 was 2.51 percent. This is lower than year on year inflation in May 2024 of 2.84 percent. He argues that this figure is fairly good even though Indonesia's inflation was once 2.28 percent year on year in September 2023.

"However, we should be grateful that we are all together for the hard work of all of us, we can achieve this number," said Tomsi.