BENGKULU - Bengkulu Governor Rohidin Mersyah, asked the people who received social assistance (bansos) to immediately follow the COVID-19 vaccination so that the assistance they received was not held back.
"The postponement of social assistance, as stated in Presidential Regulation number 14 of 2021, is an administrative sanction imposed on all Indonesian citizens who do not comply with the administration of vaccinations," said Rohidin Mersyah after monitoring the Youth Pledge Day mass vaccination activity at Curup Sports Center, Rejang Lebong Regency, Between, Thursday, October 28.
He explained that recipients of social assistance and direct cash assistance (BLT) from village funds who are in good health are targeted for vaccination, if they do not want to participate in vaccination, they cannot enjoy government administration services.
The obligation to take part in the COVID-19 vaccination, he said, applies to all citizens whose condition is healthy and aged 12 years and over.
The Bengkulu Provincial Government has issued a circular addressed to 10 regencies/cities in the region regarding the implementation of administrative sanctions for residents who do not take part in the COVID-19 vaccination. mentions every person who has been designated as the target recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine who does not want to follow it as stipulated in article 2.
The administrative sanctions imposed on residents who do not want to be vaccinated are in the form of delaying or stopping the provision of social security or social assistance, then delaying or terminating government administration services, and fines.
For this reason, he appealed to the people of Bengkulu Province, both those who received the social assistance program or not, to take part in mass vaccinations held in their respective places so that later they could create group immunity or herd immunity to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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