Cak Imin Promises To Budget IDR 150 Trillion Per Year For Youth Business Credit

Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar/VOI

JAKARTA - Candidate for vice president number 1, Muhaimin Iskandar said he promised to allocate a state budget to distribute business credit to young people in Indonesia if they win the 2024 presidential election.

This was revealed by Cak Imin in the second debate of the 2024 presidential election specifically for vice presidential candidates at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Central Jakarta.

"God willing, AMIN (Anies-Muhaimin) ensures that 5 percent of the budget from the APBN or around Rp150 trillion will be specifically for you, Indonesian youth, you who have great energy to be at the forefront of the progress of our nation," said Cak Imin, Friday, December 22.

The General Chairperson of the PKB revealed that the credit distribution program was named KUMU, which is an acronym for the Youth Business Credit program.

"KAMU, a Young People's Business Credit, is given the opportunity to access as many as possible to become good economic actors," said Cak Imin.

In addition, Cak Imin also promised that he and the presidential candidate Anies Baswedan would run the Bansos Plus program. In a sense, the existing social assistance program will be at a nominal level and the number of recipients.

"AMIN wants social assistance, which is indeed the obligation of this country, to be continued, and even to be improved. So that we want Bansos Plus which is increasingly bringing our people to have purchasing power and boosting the economy of our society," he explained.

It is known that the second debate was held by the General Elections Commission (KPU) at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) tonight. The theme includes economics (regional economy and digital economy), finance, tax investment, trade, management of the APBN-APBD, infrastructure, and urban areas.