Causing Crowds During COVID-19, PKS Party: The Distribution Of Aid By President Jokowi Is Very Unethical

Illustration - President Joko Widodo (Photo: Twitter @jokowi)

JAKARTA - Member of the PKS Party faction of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Alifudin, deeply regrets the phenomenon of the public and officials crowding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the crowd was due to the distribution of gifts from President Joko Widodo.

"Crowds during the COVID-19 pandemic are not allowed and must follow the rules, because it will have an impact on the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Moreover, the COVID-19 virus will continue to mutate, so there should be no crowds", said Alifudin, Friday, September 3.

According to the member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR), the distribution of aid by way of throwing gifts, which was again carried out by President Joko Widodo in Cirebon, West Java, to the point of throwing residents into muddy water ditches, is highly unethical.

"The style or way of throwing basic necessities to the people is unethical, and don't follow the example for Indonesian philanthropists, it's better when a good intention to share is accompanied by a good way too", said Alifudin.

The West Kalimantan legislator considered that President Jokowi and his circle should improve the data on social assistance in Indonesia and be consistent with each of his policies.

"Because a president will be a role model for his people", said Alifudin.

Previously, Jokowi's working visit to Cirebon on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 was carried out to review house-to-house COVID-19 vaccinations. In the midst of the visit, Jokowi had given gifts in the form of T-shirts to residents so they were willing to be covered in dirt and plunged into the ditch to pick up the shirts.