PKS Instructs Cadres To Cut Salary In August For Procurement Of Basic Food Packages, Help Orphans

Chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party (F-PKS) faction of the DPR RI Jazuli Juwaini (Photo: ANTARA/HO)

JAKARTA - The chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party (F-PKS) faction of the DPR RI, Jazuli Juwaini, said his faction had again instructed to cut the salaries of legislative members from the center to the regions to help people exposed and affected by COVID-19.

"This cut applies to salaries in August, since the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the umpteenth time that the PKS Faction has cut the salaries of its members. This time it will be used to procure social assistance and be distributed to people exposed to COVID-19, among others in the form of providing food and food packages. for self-isolated patients," Jazuli said in a statement in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday. August 8th.

He explained that the spike in cases in the second wave of the pandemic really hit the people, such as many fatalities, children being orphaned, families losing their heads and members.

In this condition, according to him, in the end, the community will not have much choice, except to re-tighten activities, which of course will have a social and economic impact.

According to Jazuli, many complaints from the people were conveyed or witnessed directly by PKS legislators about the difficult conditions in accessing health services and social assistance to support their livelihoods.

"The PKS faction in the DPR continues to urge the government to put people's safety as a top priority. The health system and services must be improved, while social assistance for the people must be evenly distributed based on a valid and accurate database," he said.

He explained that the PKS DPP had instructed the PKS structure and cadres to collect more social assistance, because the reality is that many people have economic difficulties and cannot access social assistance, so they need a direct helping hand.

"On that basis, the PKS faction has again cut the salaries of its members from the center to the regions as a form of social solidarity, empathy, and mutual cooperation in order to help the people more broadly," he said.

In addition, he admitted that he was grateful that many elements of society, volunteers, and social organizations showed social solidarity in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as helping ambulances, oxygen, personal protective equipment (PPE), providing food for self-isolating patients (isoman), and holding field/emergency hospital.

Jazuli assessed that social solidarity, empathy, concern, and mutual cooperation were really needed during the pandemic, because they were the character and identity of the Indonesian nation.