Jokowi issued a Presidential Decree on Residents Who Do Not Obey Vaccines Can Postpone Social Assistance

President Joko Widodo (Instagram / @ jokowi)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) issued Presidential Decree No. 14/2021 on the procurement of vaccines and vaccination against COVID-19. The Presidential Regulation regulates that people who have been designated as vaccine recipients but do not participate in vaccination will have their social assistance postponed.

The points are contained in Article 13A paragraph (4):

Every person who has been designated as a target recipient of the COVID-19 Vaccine who does not participate in the COVID-19 Vaccination as referred to in paragraph (2) may be subject to administrative sanctions, in the form of:

a. postponement or termination of the provision of social security or social assistance;

b. suspension or termination of government administration services; and/or

c. penalty.

"The imposition of administrative sanctions as referred to in paragraph (4) shall be carried out by ministries, institutions, regional governments, or agencies in accordance with their respective powers", states Article 13A paragraph (5) of the Presidential Decree.

In addition to administrative sanctions, the Presidential Decree also regulates that people who receive the COVID-19 vaccine who do not participate in this program can be subject to sanctions in accordance with the applicable law. This is stated in Article 13B.

"Every person who has been designated as a target recipient of the COVID-19 Vaccine, who does not participate in the COVID-19 Vaccination as referred to in article 13A paragraph (2) and causes obstruction to the implementation of the prevention of the spread of COVID-19, in addition to being subject to the sanctions as referred to in article 13A paragraph (a) may be subject to sanctions in accordance with the provisions of the law on outbreaks of infectious diseases".

Perpres 14/2021 was enacted in Jakarta on February 9 and promulgated on February 10.