JAKARTA - The government will cross off social assistance recipients who are proven to use assistance funds for online gambling or judol. Coordinating Minister for Social Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar said the deletion was automatic.
"Those who use social assistance for judol, are automatically crossed off from the recipients of assistance," said Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, May 12.
Cak Imin said that there were data on recipients of social assistance who were suspected of using the aid for judol. However, the complete data is at the Ministry of Social Affairs. "Yes, but at the Ministry of Social Affairs it is complete," he said.
According to Cak Imin, poverty alleviation is one of the main responsibilities of his ministry. He reported a number of agendas to the President, ranging from handling poverty, empowerment programs, job creation, to increasing the productivity of MSMEs.
The issue of judol is a concern because it concerns the effectiveness of social assistance. The assistance funds that should be used for the basic needs of poor families should not be exhausted for gambling practices.
Cak Imin also touched on the vulnerability of the middle class. The government, according to him, is preparing the "10 million working" and "10 million class upgrade" programs to encourage MSMEs to grow and create a stronger middle class.
"Yes, we have a program of 10 million working and 10 million rising in class. One of them is to make our MSMEs grow and give birth to a strong middle class," he said.
He also said that pressure on the dollar exchange rate was one of the urgent agendas that needed to be addressed.
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