Puan Maharani: Don't Let Residents Unvaccinated Because Stocks Are Limited Then Access To Public Places Is Blocked

Speaker of the House of Representatives Puan Maharani (PHOTO VIA ANTARA)

JAKARTA - DPR Speaker Puan Maharani understands the application of the COVID-19 vaccine certificate requirements for residents to access public places. The government was asked to expand vaccination coverage.

"If the government wants to apply the requirements for a vaccine certificate, the vaccination coverage must continue to be expanded. Do not let people who have not been vaccinated because the vaccine quota in their area is limited so that they are prevented from accessing public places," said Puan Maharani, Tuesday, August 10.

He said that there are still many areas that are included in the policy of implementing community activity restrictions (PPKM) level 4, but the vaccination coverage is still low.

This, according to Puan, makes the application of vaccine certificate requirements for residents to access public places in the region problematic. Puan gave an example of the limited opening of places of worship by requiring a vaccine certificate in the PPKM level 4 area.

"So people don't feel they don't get justice because they can't worship because they don't have a vaccine certificate. Even though they haven't been vaccinated, it's not because they don't want to, but because vaccines in their area are limited," he said.

Puan asked the government to find solutions to potential injustices related to the application of vaccine certificate requirements for citizens who want to access public places.

Puan emphasized that if the vaccine certificate requirements apply to all citizens, the availability of vaccines must apply to all residents.

"This means that there should be no citizens who have not been vaccinated because of the limited vaccine, that is an aspect of justice," he said.