Cipayung Plus Demo Demands Evaluation Of PPKM Policy, Mataram Walkot Says Thank You For Reminding

Mataram Mayor H Mohan Roliskana (holds the toa) (Photo: ANTARA)

NTB - Mataram Mayor H Mohan Roliskana gave a positive response to a number of demands from students who are members of Cipayung Plus Mataram City. Mohan ensures that this demand will be used as a reference in every policy.

The students' demands were conveyed during a demonstration on Monday, August 9 today regarding the evaluation of the handling of COVID-19 and the impact of the implementation of the fourth level of community activity restrictions (PPKM).

There were 9 student demands, among others, the city government was asked to conduct a thorough evaluation of the policies and performance of handling COVID-19.

The provincial government must ensure the availability and distribution of oxygen and health installations in NTB, removing the Head of the NTB Health Office and the City of Mataram because they are considered unprofessional and maximal in carrying out their duties and roles during the pandemic.

In addition, they also asked the government to clarify the data collection of residents affected by PPKM, transparency of budget allocations for handling COVID-19 and PPKM, as well as providing guarantees and certainty of protection for small traders for the financial and collateral problems they experience.

In front of the protesters, the Mayor also expressed his gratitude to the students who had reminded him how to make policies run well and take sides with the community.

The mayor said that the pandemic conditions and the determination of the PPKM policy did not only occur in the city of Mataram, but were evenly distributed throughout Indonesia. Therefore, the city government has made various efforts through scenarios to intervene in terms of social, health and economic interventions.

"We have carried out this effort for more than a year and a half, by making adjustments to the budget capacity," said the mayor as quoted by Antara.

Even now, the city government has prepared a budget of IDR 5 billion for the provision of social safety net assistance (JPS) PPKM, to help meet the needs of the community.

"Currently we are trying so that the PPKM JPS can immediately be distributed in accordance with existing regulations and on target," he said.

On the other hand, the mayor also said that the current condition of the development of COVID-19 in the city of Mataram has begun to slope. This is evidenced by the decrease in the death rate from 4 percent to 3.5 percent.

Likewise, the bed occupancy rate (BOR) has decreased from 40 percent to 27 percent, and the recovery rate continues to increase with a total of 5,170 patients recovering from 5,712 COVID-19 cases.

The General Coordinator of Cipayung Plus for Mataram City, Aita Kurniawati, in her speech said that the implementation of PPKM until now was flawed because there were still many people who should have received assistance but did not receive it.

"That's based on the results of observations and studies that we did in the field," he said.

In fact, he said, in the Minister of Home Affairs Number 28/2021, it was clearly stated that governors, regents/mayors would speed up the process of distributing social assistance and social safety nets sourced from the APBD.

"Don't let the assistance that should be given to the small and medium people, even be given to the ruling circle," he said.

The demonstration, which was escorted by the police and the local Satpol PP, took place in an orderly and safe manner, and after taking turns giving speeches and hearing directly from the Mayor of Mataram, the protesters dispersed and walked towards the east.