DPR Member From The Golkar Faction Praises Coordinating Minister Airlangga: He Was Able To Get Indonesia Out Of Economic Pressure Due To The Pandemic

Member of the House of Representatives Commission XI from the Golkar Party Faction Mukhamad Misbakhun. (Photo: Doc. Golkar)

JAKARTA - Member of the House of Representatives Commission XI from the Golkar Party faction Mukhamad Misbakhun assessed that the presence of Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto in the Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin government was able to free Indonesia from the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Misbakhun said that under Airlangga's leadership, the government had disbursed many social protection programs. This is to encourage the recovery of the national economy.

"Various social assistance funds and social protection in the economic sector have been disbursed through assistance, especially to MSMEs, workers affected by layoffs and as a result of the impact of PPKM there are restrictions and the government seeks many policies and forms of budget," he said, Friday, October 22.

The Golkar politician said that Airlangga, who is also the Chairman of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery (KPCPEN), succeeded in fulfilling President Jokowi's request by pursuing the COVID-19 vaccination target.

Misbakhun hopes that by the end of this year the Covid-19 vaccination in the community can reach 80 percent for dose one. Meanwhile, he hopes that the second dose of vaccination can be completed in the first quarter of next year.

Misbakhun also hopes that the government will continue with economic recovery programs that target the community directly.

"For the economic recovery to continue next year, especially for the health sector and social protection," said Misbakhun.

He added that the economic recovery program is expected to continue to be accompanied by improvements in terms of health. According to him, the strengthening of the upstream to downstream sides by the Jokowi-Ma'ruf government has succeeded in suppressing the spread of Covid-19.

"It can be seen from the decline in active cases in Indonesia to 16,697 as of October 19, 2021. This number is lower than India, the US, Brazil, Germany, France and the UK," he said.

"At the same time, the recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in Indonesia has reached 96.2 percent, higher than the global recovery rate of 90.6 percent. Indonesia's positivity rate is below 0.5 percent with the reproduction rate in Indonesia. below one percent," he added.