President Jokowi Calls For Hating Foreign Products, DPR: Make It Easy For MSME Permits First!

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Azis Syamsuddin, asked the government to facilitate licensing for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

This request follows a statement by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who has called for a campaign to love domestic products and hate foreign products.

"This call must be in synergy with the government's efforts to support MSME players! In terms of capital and marketing strategy assistance," said Azis Syamsuddin in his statement, Thursday, March 4.

President Jokowi asked all stakeholders to echo the love campaign for Indonesian products when he opened the 2021 Ministry of Trade Meeting. He also asked people to hate foreign products.

"Invitations to love our own products, Indonesian products must continue to be echoed. Domestic products echo! Also echo hate products from abroad," he said as quoted by the Presidential Secretariat Youtube account, Thursday, March 4.

The Golkar politician assessed that MSMEs need special attention in order to generate economic recovery. According to him, the government and Forkompinda must work together to facilitate the granting of licenses for MSME players in various regions.

"So that President Jokowi's call can be applied to the lowest level in remote areas," he explained.

Azis also asked people to love domestic products more and to use foreign products only as necessary. "We help develop domestic products, consumption of domestic products. Imported products are sufficient to meet our needs," he said.

"Let's advance the nation by loving the products of the nation's children, so that the economy will rise and President Jokowi's hopes can be realized," said Azis.