Calculations Of TPN Ganjar Regarding Promises Of 17 Million Jobs

Member Of The National Winning Team (TPN) Ganjar-Mahfud Anton Gunawan/PHOTO: Abdul Aziz Masindo-VOI

JAKARTA - The pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates number 3, Ganjar-Mahfud MD, promised to increase economic growth by 7 percent while creating jobs.

The Ganjar-Mahfud National Winning Team (TPN), Anton Gunawan said, to realize the promise, there are 3 sectors that will be pushed by Ganjar and Mahfud if they win the 2024 presidential election.

"The agriculture, plantation and mining sectors that have tried to be explored are sufficient to push towards faster economic growth," said Anton at the Ganjar-Mahfud TPN Secretariat in Menteng, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, December 19.

There are several components that are the main focus on achieving the promise of economic growth, namely increasing labor productivity and quality.

"Components that, if we look at them, are important that our productivity can still be increased. Productivity in various ways, one is related to workforce, human capital, including the quality of the workforce, can be increased," Anton said.

In addition, Ganjar will also encourage infrastructure and infrastructure quality to encourage the pace of economic growth with a target of 7 percent.

Anton hopes that the creation of 400 thousand 500 thousand jobs of 400,000 will be realized.

"That's the basis, that's why a number will appear when it is estimated that for 5 years it will be a total of 17 million, 5 years if divided into 5 each year around 3.5 million 3.4 million," said Anton.