Please Remember The Message Of Minister Of Social Affairs Risma: Government Assistance Is In Vain If There Is No Discipline In The Health Prokes

Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Social Minister Tri Rismaharini emphasized that the assistance provided by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic would be in vain if the public did not want to be disciplined in applying health protocols.

Risma said that if assistance programs such as the Family Hope Program (PKH), Non-Cash Food Assistance, Social Assistance (Bansos) and others are not balanced with community compliance, then what the government has given will be in vain.

"If we can't keep all of that. Especially if someone doesn't want to be vaccinated, then all the money we have poured out will be in vain," said Risma at the National Disaster Management Coordination Meeting (Rakornas PB) of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) 2021 in Jakarta as reported by Antara, Tuesday, March 9.

On the other hand, Risma assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic also taught the public to be disciplined, care about hygiene and health to try new things such as formal learning through online media to develop great opportunities for online-based micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

He invited all components not only to see the bad effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to be optimistic that the public could work together to fight the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

"Let us not be discouraged. The spirit continues to fight. We prove that we are a nation that can be respected because we are disciplined and we maintain strict protocols," said Risma.

Previously, Risma saw that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which has almost been running for a period of one year in the country was very pronounced and made the poverty rate even heavier.

According to him, this happened because public spending was also increasing in meeting other needs in daily life, such as increased spending on personal protective equipment to prevent transmission of COVID-19, internet access and so on.