76 Years Of Independence, Ketum Golkar Optimistic That Indonesia Can Be Equal To Big Economic Countries

Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto. (Photo: Twitter @airlangga_hrt)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto invites all elements of the nation to echo the spirit of nationalism with optimism that the nation will achieve prosperity towards an advanced Indonesia.

Moreover, ahead of the 76th anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, so that the nation's direction towards the realization of the people's welfare which is a common goal becomes a reality.

"The Golkar Party actually has a Vision of a Welfare State of 2045, we believe that Indonesia will become a developed country and be on par with other major economies in the world," Airlangga said in a national speech at the virtual 50th anniversary of CSIS, Tuesday, August 10.

The chairman of the COVID-19 Handling Committee and KCPPEN said that the current pandemic has forced the nation to restart and reboot the scenario to realize the 2045 vision.

"Almost two years, the world has been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, including in Indonesia, our beloved country. Various efforts and hard work have been carried out by the government and all components of the nation to suppress the transmission of COVID-19 accompanied by steps to overcome the socio-economic impacts. from those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic," he said.

"No country has experience in controlling this COVID-19. Especially now that various new variants of COVID-19 are emerging, the transmission is very fast," continued Airlangga.

The Coordinating Minister for the Economy said that various policies have been issued by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19 and the social impacts it causes. The government continues to boost the national vaccination program to remote areas.

In addition, health care, provision of medicines, health facilities and attention to health workers continue to be given. Social assistance policies are issued by the government in order to fulfill basic needs so that people can still meet their basic needs.

The government has also issued various policies to curb the economic slowdown with various stimulations and incentives for workers and the business world to remain enthusiastic.

"The government took non-medical action, namely imposing restrictions on community activities throughout Indonesia with high cases from July 5 to July 22 and extended 2 times until August 9, 2021. In addition, the government will also carry out extensive vaccination intensification, increased from an average of 1 million in July to an average of 2.5 million per day in August and September 2021, so that we will be able to inject around 220 million doses of vaccine until September 2021," explained Airlangga.

Airlangga hopes that this integrated pandemic control will reduce active cases to a tolerable level and provide space for easing pressure on health facilities, hospitals, oxygen and medicines.

"Along with reducing the pressure of this pandemic, we will also be able to relax activity restrictions so that people's economic activities can recover in the fourth quarter of 2021," he said.

Signs of an improving economic recovery, he added, have seen positive economic growth at 7.07 percent in the second quarter.

"As I mentioned earlier. Of course we hope that the positive trend will continue to increase so that our economic recovery will accelerate us to get out of the crisis," Airlangga concluded.