Coordinating Minister Airlangga Said Three Pokjas Were Formed To Accelerate Government Strategic Programs

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Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said that the Task Force for the Acceleration of Government Strategic Programs (PPSP Task Force) would be divided into three working groups (pokja).

"This task force is the direction of the President (Prabowo Subianto) at a limited meeting last, on the 15th, and followed up with the Coordination Meeting of the Minister and the aim is to coordinate and consolidate, harmonize the government's strategic programs so that they can be completed on time, achieve program targets and targets, as well as real benefits to the community," he explained to the media crew, Wednesday, October 22.

For information, a number of ministers of the red and white cabinet were also present at the meeting, namely Minister of State Secretariat Prasteyo Hadi, Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadive, Minister of Cooperatives Ferry Juliantono, Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid, Minister of Tourism Widiyanti Putri Wardhana to Head of the National Nutrition Agency Dadan Hindayana.

Airlangga explained that the three working groups, namely Pokja I, were tasked with accelerating the realization and implementation of the budget in the government's strategic program.

Next, Pokja II focuses on accelerating program implementation and solving obstacles in its implementation.

Furthermore, Pokja III handles the acceleration of the completion of regulations, including the preparation of the legal basis for implementing programs and aspects of law enforcement.

He added that several government programs that became the focus of the Task Force's work, including the 8+4+5 economic package program, the 2026 economic stimulus program, the continuation of fiscal incentives, as well as debottlenecking efforts against non-tariff barriers, commodity issues per sector, and other obstacles.

In addition, Airlangga added that the task force will also encourage the implementation of priority programs that support the government's main programs, such as Free Nutrition Food (MBG), Red and White Village Cooperatives, and various ministry programs that have a large budget portion.

"Pokja will work regularly and today is starting with the presence of ministers and quorums, and therefore all of today's talks will be followed up immediately," he said.