Commission V DPR Appeals To People To Refrain From Going Home

Homecoming illustration (doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of Commission V DPR RI Syarief Abdullah Alkadrie appealed to the Indonesian people to comply with the instructions for prohibiting homecoming in effect from 6-17 May 2021. Given the development of COVID-19 which has greatly increased recently, West Kalimantan is no exception.

"So, I ask all parties wishing to go home to restrain themselves by seeing the side that the ban on going home is for the benefit of the Indonesian people as a whole," Syarief told reporters, Saturday, April 24.

This NasDem politician assessed that the decision to prohibit going home by the government must be understood by all people by taking into account the much bigger common interest. The reason is, the spread of COVID-19 through human interaction is very fast.

In addition, Syarief encourages the government to provide concrete solutions by facilitating free Wi-Fi facilities that are evenly distributed throughout the region for 'virtual' homecoming.

Syarief understands the people's desire to gather and want to go home, which has been a tradition of the Indonesian people. However, it must also be realized that no one wants to be affected by the COVID-19 disaster.

"I hope that all parties can think clearly to suppress individual desires by complying with the ban on going home," said Syarief.

Regarding the policy of still opening tourism in the midst of the ban on going home, Syarief assessed that the policy was a form of government inconsistency. Supposedly, he said, the government should also temporarily stop tourism activities during the implementation of the ban on going home.

"So there must be synergy and collaboration between the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy if the government is serious and consistent in preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic," he said.

As is known, the COVID-19 Handling Task Force continues to tighten the mobility of Domestic Travel Actors (PPDN) related to the ban on going home to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

The tightening of mobility is contained in the Addendum to Circular Letter (SE) Number 13 of 2021. In this addendum, it regulates the tightening of PPDN during D-14 the elimination of homecoming, namely 22 April-5 May 2021 and H + 7 of eliminating homecoming, namely 18 May-24 May 2021.

In addition, the COVID-19 Task Force addendum also regulates PPDN travel during the elimination of homecoming in air, sea, train, public land transportation and private land transportation. Meanwhile, as stated by SE Task Force Number 13 of 2021, the ban on Lebaran homecoming will take effect on May 6-17, 2021.