Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Asks For Inbreeding To Stop

Muhadjir Effendy/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy said the tradition of inbreeding that often occurs in Ponorogo Regency, East Java must be completed to its roots. blood, but they still have offspring and may also inherit the negative tradition of 'stunting' and increase extreme poverty,” he said in his statement, Monday evening, April 4. Krebet and Sidoharjo Village, Jambon District, Ponorogo Regency. Muhadjir said that currently stunting cases in Ponorogo Regency have decreased by 20 percent, for that inbreeding must remain a concern for local governments in order to continue to reduce stunting prevalence. from the Ponorogo Regency Government so that it is properly make sure if possible, stunting must be zero here, in an area that used to be known as a 'disabled village'," he said. One area, namely in Krebet Village and Sidoharjo Village, Jambon District, Ponorogo Regency, previously there were many families who carried out inbreeding so that not infrequently give birth to offspring with disabilities and stunting. "Many give birth to people with disabilities, especially stunting due to incestuous incest marriages because they are just neighbors where they marry and coincidentally their partners carry bad genes," he said.

However, he said, at this time, there was already awareness from residents to avoid this by looking for a mate outside the village. According to data compiled by the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture, out of a total of 955 more thousand people in Ponorogo Regency, 90,000 of them are poor people and 86,000 others are extreme poor people. This is because the income of the residents is very low and they do not have a steady source of income, as well as the condition of the houses that are not suitable for habitation. Especially if in one family there are elderly and disabled people," he said. The Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture advised all local governments to continue working hard in reducing stunting and extreme poverty, especially in Ponorogo. “We still need to work hard together. I think this is good enough because there is a social welfare service center here," said Muhadjir Effendy.