Prabowo-Gibran Denies Free Nutrition Food Budget Cuts To IDR 7,500 Per Child

Illustration of free nutritious food (ANTARA)

JAKARTA- The Synchronization Task Force Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming denied rumors that the student's free nutritious meal budget at schools was cut to Rp7,500 per child.Anggota of the Prabowo-Gibran Synchronization Task Force Team for Communication, Hasan Nasbi, confirmed that the news was only an issue. He said, there was no official statement from the team regarding that information. It is known that the issue of cutting the free nutritious food budget to Rp7,500 was initially conveyed by economist Verdhana Sekuritas, Heriyanto Irawan. Heriyanto claimed to be invited to discuss with Prabowo's team regarding free nutritious food. It is only a statement or perhaps the idea of such an economist.' Not an official statement from the team,' Hasan told reporters, Friday, July 19. Heasan emphasized that the main focus of the elected president Prabowo Subianto and the elected vice president Gibran Rakabuming Raka was to provide a nutritious food menu according to nutritional adequacy standards. So the size is nutritional adequacy. The efficiency of this nutrition is determined by nutritionists," he stressed. Regarding the price of food per child, Hasan revealed, currently there are many ideas and inputs from various parties to the team who are still reviewing in detail. He said, the budget has not yet reached the determination of the numbers.' All are being studied and tested in great detail by the Pakar Council. To date, there are no particular figures that have become benchmarks, because our benchmark is nutritional adequacy,'', he said. Furthermore, Hasan explained, the region in Indonesia itself has a variety of nutritional sources so that each region has different local menus from each other. The fulfillment of nutritional standards has also opened its voice regarding rumors of shrinking the budget to Rp7,500 per child. The former mayor has not yet asked for all of them.

"Who said, wait for confirmation first. Wait, don't report things that are uncertain," said Gibran, Thursday, July 18. Gibran said, so far the trial for free nutritious food still uses a budget of Rp. 15,000 per person. "So far, the trial is Rp. 15,000. Just wait for confirmation," he said.