Zulhas Will Be Summoned By Commission VI Of The DPR Because Of Jokowi's Bansos Program Claims

PDIP Politician And Deputy Chairman Of Commission VI DPR Aria Bima/

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission VI of the House of Representatives Aria Bima said he would summon the Minister of Trade (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan to claim President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) social assistance program. This statement is considered a form of politicization of government programs.

It is known, Zulhas talked about social assistance during a campaign in Kendal Regency, Central Java on December 26, 2023. The general chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) told the government's success and had time to ask who provided the assistance Jokowi answered by the surrounding community.

"It is an unnecessary politicization of social assistance, which is used by the news for the people only to get electoral politics is something inhumane. We will ask that in Commission VI of the DPR RI," Aria told reporters at the PDIP DPP office, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, January 2.

Instead of politicizing the social assistance program, continued Aria, Zulhas was asked to focus on his work as Minister of Trade. One of them is by trying to control the prices of basic commodities such as rice and chilies.

"Pak Zul should concentrate on increasing rice, which today reaches Rp. 15,000 and chilies reach Rp. 175 thousand," said the chairman of the PDIP National Culture Agency (BKN).

Meanwhile, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto stated that he would monitor the social assistance program, especially its cadres, Tri Rismaharini, as Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos). Monitoring is intended to prevent politicization of programs whose benefits are enjoyed by the community.

"It will be carried out as well as possible by ensuring that there is no politicization of social assistance and then social assistance is actually used as an instrument of partiality to wong cilik," said Hasto at the same location.

Not only that, Ganjar Pranowo and Mahfud MD are certain to have a strong commitment to protect the poor. The number three pair has created a number of programs, including creating a Sakti ID card program to ensure that assistance for the community is unable to be on target.

"The alignment instrument previously carried out with the Smart Indonesia Card, Healthy Indonesia, through the PKH, Social Assistance, BLT programs, will be improved both in terms of quantity from the number and accuracy to the people who really need one data integration and through public policy innovation that has been designed as well as possible," he concluded.