MPR Chair Bambang Soesatyo Confident Arsjad Rasjid And Anindya Bakrie Can Help The Government Restore The National Economy

Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly, Bambang Soesatyo. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the MPR RI, Bambang Soesatyo, appreciates the election of Arsjad Rasjid as General Chair of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) for the period 2021-2026 through consensus deliberation with another candidate for Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Anindya Bakrie.

"Both of them are Indonesian entrepreneurs who have made a big contribution to the national economy," said the Chairman of the MPR RI who is usually called Bamsoet in his statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Thursday, July 1.

This was said by Bamsoet after attending the opening of the VIII National Conference of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the courtyard of the Al-Alam Mosque, Kendari, Wednesday 30 June.

According to him, the process of deliberation in the election of the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry shows that the spirit of building the business world can be done through collaboration, without the need for tiring competition and even creating many unwanted negative impacts.

He also appreciated the generosity of Anindya Bakrie, who has been the Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for 15 years and continues to support Chairman Arsjad Rasjid by accepting the mandate as Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

"In their hands, the Kadin extended family must move quickly to help the government restore the national economy which was slumped by the COVID-19 pandemic," said the Chair of the MPR.

He explained as emphasized by President Joko Widodo at the opening of the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), the important key to dealing with the pandemic is the acceleration of COVID-19 vaccination.

Bamsoet assessed that the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has a major role through the Mutual Cooperation Vaccination Program, because 28,400 companies have registered with the vaccination target of more than 10.6 million people already registered in the program.

"This number must continue to be increased, according to President Joko Widodo's target to reach 22 million people," said MPR RI Chairman Bambang Soesatyo.

According to him, President Joko Widodo also emphasized that the COVID-19 vaccination, which has reached 1 million doses per day, could be maintained and even increased to 2 million vaccine injections per day.

He assessed that with the support of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, this could be achieved because nationally, 42 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been injected into various sections of the population.

According to him, Indonesia's achievement in vaccination is also fairly good, which is in the 11th position out of 215 countries in the world.