PKS Says, New Year's Bitter Gifts For Mothers Are The Skyrocketing Prices Of Basic Necessities

Chairperson of the PKS DPP for Women and Family Resilience (BPKK) Kurniasih Mufidayati

JAKARTA - Chair of the PKS DPP for Women and Family Resilience (BPKK) Kurniasih Mufidayati said housewives received a bitter gift for the new year of 2022 by soaring basic prices.

Currently, the price of cooking oil, chili and eggs is skyrocketing in the market. Previously, the government also raised the price of non-subsidized LPG gas, the plan to increase non-subsidized electricity rates and the plan to abolish premium and pertalite is bad news for housewives who during the pandemic continued to be hit by various economic problems.

"This is a bitter New Year's gift for housewives throughout Indonesia. Housewives are the parties who are directly affected by these skyrocketing prices. It has not been lost from memory how the pressure on housewives was very high during the pandemic," said Mufida in her statement, Last Saturday, January 1, it was quoted from the PKS official website.

Housewives have to double as teachers when learning online, have to double as health workers when a family member is exposed to COVID-19, have to save on expenses because their husband's income has drastically decreased or even been laid off due to the pandemic and some even have their husbands died due to Covid-19 .

"All these heavy pressures must now be added to by soaring basic prices. The government must immediately intervene to reduce basic food prices and cancel plans to increase various energy needs including LPG, electricity and the elimination of premium and pertalite," explained the Member of Commission IX of the DPR RI. .

In addition, the UMP determined by the calculation method of the Job Creation Law only has an average increase of 1 percent.

"The increase in the UMP which was only tens of thousands was then collided with an increase in various basic commodities and household energy needs, it could be a deficit and less. In the end, it was the people who were sacrificed again," he explained.

Deputy Chair for Women and Family Resilience of PKS DPP Diah Nurwitasari added that if the government persists in increasing the price of basic energy needs consumed by the majority of citizens and eliminating premium and pertalite, the government is carrying out a policy of empathy.

Diah asked that in 2022 there should be a positive and optimistic spirit, not with heavy burdens and plans that would only add to the suffering of the people.

"The heavy burden that must be borne by Indonesian families can have a big impact on other things. The increase in family spending on basic necessities will definitely cut spending on other things such as health and education," said Diah.