PKS Insinuation About Jokowi-Ma'ruf Government's High Satisfaction: Try A Survey After Permenaker 2/2022

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JAKARTA - The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) responded cynically to the high survey results on the level of public satisfaction with the Jokowi government. If the survey was taken after a fuss over the disbursement of the Pension Plan at the age of 56, the results could have been different.

Minister of Manpower Regulation (Permenaker) No. 2 of 2022 which contains rules for disbursement of JHT must wait for the age of 56 years, reaping public polemic. Because it is considered detrimental to workers who want to take their rights.

However, on the one hand, the survey results show that the level of public satisfaction with the Government has increased.

"When viewed from the time of taking the survey on January 17-30, 2022, it is natural that the government's satisfaction level is still high. I believe that if the survey was taken after the Minister of Manpower Decree No. 2 of 2022 concerning JHT was issued, the results would be different," Spokesperson for the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) ) Pipin Sopian, Monday 21 February.

Pipin considers that workers who have been laid off will suffer because of the rules for disbursing JHT, which must wait for 56 years of age.

"In fact, workers are screaming due to the issuance of Permenaker No. 2 of 2022 which limits the time for disbursement of JHT at the age of 56 years, by limiting the disbursement of JHT at the age of 56 years, making workers who have been laid off stranded without anyone being able to bear their living expenses," said Pipin.

He explained that JHT is not a fund sourced from the government, so the government does not have the right to withhold JHT funds, which are workers' rights.

"JHT is also not a government fund. It is a worker's fund. So the government has no right to withhold workers' funds," said Pipin.

According to him, the issuance of the Minister of Manpower Regulation which regulates the disbursement of JHT, coupled with the ongoing shortage of cooking oil, plus the accumulation of state debt will reduce public confidence in the government.

"The wave of rejection of the Permenaker will reduce the level of people's satisfaction with the Jokowi government. Another fact is that the people are disappointed with the scarcity of cooking oil, the increasing accumulation of state debt, and the imposition of conditions for buying and selling land that must have BPJS Health," said Pipin.

Still in his statement, PKS's attitude, said Pipin, firmly refused and urged the repeal of Permenaker No. 2 of 2022 which was considered very detrimental to workers.

Previously, Kompas Litbang released the results of a survey on the level of public satisfaction with the performance of the government of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin. As a result, 73.9 percent of respondents said they were satisfied.

The survey was conducted on January 17-30, 2022 through face-to-face interviews. The survey involved 1,200 respondents who were randomly selected with stratified systematic sampling in 34 provinces in Indonesia.

The survey's confidence level is 95 percent with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percent under conditions of simple random sampling. Litbang Kompas stated that errors outside of sample sorting were possible.

Based on the survey results seen on Monday, February 21, the level of public satisfaction with the government's performance increased compared to October 2021. In October 2021, the level of public satisfaction was at 66.4 percent.

Meanwhile, in January 2022, the level of public satisfaction was at 73.9 percent. The number of dissatisfied respondents also fell from 33.6 percent in October 2021 to 26.1 percent in January 2022.