Still Pandemic COVID-19, Government Will Evaluate Joint Leave 2021 Next Week

Coordinating Minister for PMK Muhadjir Effendy (DOK. Kemenko PMK)

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy said that the government will evaluate the joint leave in 2021. It is possible that the number of joint leave will be reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"God willing, we will evaluate next week, it is likely that we will reduce the leave with him," said Muhadjir while reviewing convalescent plasma donor activities in Surabaya, East Java, as quoted from his written statement, Tuesday, February 16.

It's just that, Muhadjir has not been able to confirm how many days from the deleted collective leave schedule. This is because the government will hold a joint holiday and leave evaluation meeting in 2021 with a number of related ministries and institutions.

"We first talk with the relevant ministries. There are MenPANRB (Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform), there are Menaker (Minister of Manpower) and Menag (Minister of Religion). Especially those related to religious holidays," he said.

The reduction of holidays or collective leave is considered important. The reason is that COVID-19 cases tend to increase, although not only because of this factor.

"There is a tendency (COVID-19 cases are increasing, red). So every time there is a long holiday there is an increase in cases. Even though that is not a single variable. There are many factors," he said without explaining the factors in question.

Previously reported, the discourse on evaluating collective leave and holidays throughout 2021 has been raised by the Minister for Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (Menpan RB) Tjahjo Kumolo.

Tjahjo proposed that the Eid Al-Fitr holiday until the New Year 2022 holiday be shortened. This aims to minimize the transmission of the corona virus when the long holiday season arrives.