Khofifah: Gibran Debate Always Involves MSMEs And Young Generations In Arguments

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during the vice presidential debate at the JCC, Sunday, January 21 (VOI)

JAKARTA - East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa responded to the second vice presidential debate held at JCC Senayan, Jakarta, on Sunday, January 21.

According to him, the candidate for vice president number 2 Gibran Rakabuming Raka always tries to involve MSMEs and the younger generation in every argument.

According to Khofifah, Gibran's efforts to involve MSMEs and the younger generation in each program and argument should be imitated by state stakeholders as a form of commitment seriousness.

"(Gibran) almost always conveys by involving young, millennial people. That in my opinion is something that can be underlined by all of us, namely the commitment to involve MSMEs and the commitment to involve the younger generation to be even more maximal," said Khofifah after the vice presidential debate at JCC Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday, January 22.

Khofifah said, Gibran also often voiced solutions by pairing partnerships between big entrepreneurs and MSMEs.

"What I want to underline is to always end the words of partnership between big entrepreneurs and big business actors and MSMEs. Almost always is," said Khofifah.

As previously reported, in the debate, Gibran said that the downstream program for the energy transition had a positive impact on the Indonesian economy. The reason is, these programs can open 19 million jobs for women and the younger generation.

"If the downstream agenda, equitable development, transition to green energy, creative economy, MSMEs, can be escorted, God willing, 19 million jobs will be open for the younger generation and women," said Gibran in the debate between the two vice presidents.

Gibran said, of the 19 million jobs that were opened, five million jobs were green jobs.