Temangi Jokowi Cek Harga Di Pasar Karanganyar, Ganjar: Kekila Tinggi Tinggi Tapi Yang Lain Relatif Turun

President Jokowi and Ganjar Pranowo (Photo via Central Java Provincial Government)

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo accompanied President Joko Widodo when checking the prices of basic commodities at the Colomadu Karanganyar Market. This is an effort, one of which is to prevent inflation towards the end of the year.

Jokowi arrived at the location at around 08.15 WIB, greeted by Ganjar in front of the market. Then go around and greet the traders to check the prices of basic commodities.

"Yes, some of the community was stable, the President just wanted to make sure what happened in markets, especially traditional markets like this," said Ganjar Pranowo in his statement, Monday, November 21.

The governor of Central Java for the two periods admitted that there were several commodities experiencing price increases. However, most of them have decreased relatively.

"Dan, mudah-mudahan bisa semakin terkendali. Tadi soybean yang agak tinggi, tapi relatif yang lain sudah turun," lanjutnya.

Thus, the President's arrival is to ensure conditions on the ground.

"As expected, conditions will stabilize. If they are stable, the supply is good, God willing, everything will be organized," he explained.

According to him, President Jokowi's activities went to the field in order to maintain price stability of basic commodities. Mainly related to food in the context of inflation prevention.

"This is part of the President's activities in maintaining price increases, especially related to food. This is the context of prevention of inflation as well," he said.

Meanwhile, President Jokowi said that checking the prices of a number of basic commodities in traditional markets was to ensure conditions towards the end of the year.

"This is the end of the year, we check the prices of goods in the market because the conditions of each province are different. Yesterday I checked in Bali, it turned out to be different from those in other provinces, now we check this in Central Java Province," he said.

At the Colomadu Market, it was found that the price increase was IDR 2,000 per liter in cooking oil commodities. In addition, tempeh also increased due to the current raw soybean material of IDR 15 thousand per kilogram.

"I saw the price that went up earlier, oil. I was also surprised that it went up Rp2,000. Then tempeh also went up because the soybeans rose Rp15 thousand. That's the fact that we found in the field and later a solution will be found," he said.