Not Limited To Cars, Gerindra Says Prabowo Wants Officials To Use Other Local Products

Deputy Head of Gerindra Rahayu Saraswati who is also the nephew of President Prabowo Subianto. (Nailin-VOI)

Deputy Gerindra Rahayu Saraswati explained the direction of President Prabowo Subianto who forbade ministers to use imported luxury cars and wanted to make Maung's car made by PT Pindad a state vehicle.

According to Sara, Prabowo not only wants to use local products in the transportation sector but also other goods industries.

"Mr. Prabowo's directive for the Red and White cabinet to use the Maung car, the car from Pindad made by the nation's children, made in the country, is an extraordinary pride. Because we really want the policies of the highest leadership who side with the nation's children, to side with local products, hopefully this will be a good example for ministers, especially in BUMN and also industry," said Sara at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 29.

"This is because we see that it is not only a transportation issue, but actually comprehensively and what Mr. Prabowo said is not only a matter of transportation, but how do we as an Indonesian nation side with local products," he continued.

The member of Commission VII of the DPR underlined the issue of domestic textiles that went bankrupt due to too many imported goods. Like the Sritex issue.

"The problem of textiles in Indonesia is that many companies are already willing to lay off workers, this is of course the fate of thousands, tens of thousands of Indonesians and we at Commission VII will immediately conduct RDP with the minister of industry to also participate in solving problems," said Sara.

Sara also commented on the issue of the Jokowi government's Esemka initiative which is now neglected. Sara hopes that the DPR Commission in charge of secondary basic education in collaboration with work centers under the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Trade will find solutions to the manufacture of electric cars made by the nation's children.

"That's the spirit that has been built in the Magelang Military Academy, the spirit to get rid of its sectoral ego but build a spirit of mutual cooperation so that we want to see ministers who want to cooperate with other fellow ministers to bring in solutions," said Sara.

"For Esemka, the problem of match is getting between industry and existing education so as not to give up. In terms of industry, what do you want, but Esemka provides education about what it is actually there. So there will definitely be a mapping," he concluded.