It Turns Out That This Was Erick Thohir's Goal Until Siti Nurbaya Attended The PDIP Party School

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JAKARTA - Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir, Minister of SMEs and Teten Masduki, and Minister of Forestry and Environment Siti Nurbaya came to the PDI Perjuangan Party school. Their presence is not an exchange of ideas related to the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres) but to stimulate the people's economy through coffee.

This was conveyed by the Secretary General of PDIP Hasto Kristiyanto before the webinar 'Dialogue Coffee Homeland' which was held at the Party School Building, Jalan Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, Monday, January 17.

The three ministers were present as speakers with Coffee Community Activists, and upstream and downstream coffee business actors such as Eko Purnomosidi from Sunda Hejo, Tri Yono from the Baroqah Kerinci Cooperative, Irvan Helmi from Anomali Coffee and Abubakar Dicky as Co-Founder of Kalyan Coffee.

"Mr. Erick, Mr. Teten, then Mrs. Siti Nurbaya we invited related to efforts to inflame the people's economic revival through coffee," Hasto told reporters.

Even so, Hasto did not deny that there were political talks on the sidelines of the event. Moreover, the three ministers are encouraged to work together for the benefit of the people so that the government of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) can leave a legacy so that the upcoming presidential election can be run well.

"So the 2024 presidential election will be run well because the work and consolidation of cooperation from all levels of our country's government and the PDIP of course provide full support," he explained.

However, regarding the candidates for the 2024 presidential election from PDIP, Hasto emphasized that national consolidation is still needed. Moreover, the announcement of who will be nominated will be made by the Chairperson of the PDIP Megawati Soekarnoputri.

"Talk about the presidential election is not just talking about presidential candidates or vice presidential candidates. That will be later. That's Mrs. Mega (who decides, ed) in our democratic mechanism," said Hasto.

"But what is important is how we prepare for the democratic event by jointly contesting downwards, among the people, to strive to increase progress for the nation and state," he added.

For information, PDIP is holding the Homeland Coffee Dialogue which will be held at the Party School, Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta today or Monday, January 17.

In this activity, the party bearing the bull symbol invites a number of parties such as farmers, MSMEs, to the government to formulate a formulation to promote Indonesian coffee to foreign countries.

The committee for the Indonesian Coffee Festival, Ono Surono, said that Indonesia's land area is the second largest in the world, but coffee productivity is still low. Regarding coffee productivity, Indonesia is at 500 kg per hectare per year, inferior to Vietnam at 2.7 tonnes per hectare per year. However, Indonesian coffee has a bargaining value in the world.

"That is why, our Father of the Nation Bung Karno has also long realized the potential of domestic coffee by stating that 'We produce the best coffee in the world, that's where the word a cup of Java came from," said Ono.