Jokowi: Everyone Wants To Go Do Eid Homecoming, The Preparation Must Be Extra

President Jokowi/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asked his staff to prepare arrangements for the Eid homecoming flow. All aspects of supporting this activity must be done carefully.

"We have to start counting correctly. This could be if the ones I caught below, all of them want to go home. So the preparations must also be extra," Jokowi said when opening the Plenary Cabinet Session which was broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube on Wednesday, April 6.

Jokowi warned that this year's homecoming activities may not be in line with the government's estimates. So, he asked his ministers to prepare various scenarios to minimize traffic jams and the accumulation of homecoming flows.

"Be careful this homecoming flow can be beyond our expectations. Therefore, all the National Police Chiefs are assisted by the National Armed Forces (TNI), the Minister of Transportation has really prepared this," said the former Governor of DKI Jakarta.

"Don't make the mistake of preparing a good homecoming route that can minimize congestion and the buildup of homecoming and backflows later," added Jokowi.

Previously, the Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, predicted that as many as 79 million people would go home for Eid in 2022 with the most destinations in Central Java, East Java, and West Java.

"The Ministry of Transportation's Balitbang conducted a survey in anticipation of the Lebaran holiday and the number is very high, approximately 79 million who want to go home. Of course, this is understandable that after the last two years there have been travel restrictions, many want to go home for Eid," said Budi Karya as quoted by Antara, Thursday, March 31.

The Minister of Transportation said that several homecoming destinations that have very high public interest are Central Java, East Java, and West Java.

Furthermore, to welcome Lebaran homecoming, a number of facilities and infrastructure preparations continue to be carried out. Not only that, but safety from the risk of COVID-19 will also continue to be a concern.