Wagub Riza Optimistic, Anies Letter Asks Minister Of Manpower Ida Fauziyah To Review UMP Formula Will Be Responded Well

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (center) sits with protesting workers (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria believes the Ministry of Manpower (Kemenaker) will study and respond to the letter from the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan regarding the UMP a few days ago.

"We are still waiting, we believe the Ministry of Manpower will study and respond well to the letter," Riza said in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, December 1.

In the letter numbered 533/-085.15, Anies asked the Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Ida Fauziyah to review the UMP formula regulated in Government Regulation (PP) 36/2021 concerning Wages.

Based on the PP No. 36/2021 formula, the increase in the UMP in Jakarta was only IDR 37,749 or 0.85 percent to IDR 4,453,935 per month.

According to Anies, this increase can be said to be lower than the rate of price increase, aka inflation of daily necessities, which has reached 1.14 percent or higher than the percentage increase in the UMP.

Anies assessed that the increase was far from feasible and did not fulfill the hope of justice given the increase in the living needs of workers as seen from Jakarta's inflation of 1.14 percent.

In his letter, Anies explained that the dynamics of economic growth in Jakarta did not experience a decline in all business sectors.

Moreover, some sectors are still experiencing an increase, while there is no new formula for determining the UMP.

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov) is reviewing the calculation of the 2022 UMP and discussing it again with stakeholders.