Permit Revoked By The Ministry Of Social Affairs, ACT Bengkulu Continues To Operate Share Assistance

BENGKULU - The Bengkulu area's Quick Response Action Office (ACT) is still operating as usual even though the Ministry of Social Affairs has disbursed the permit to collect money and goods (PUB) for the foundation. The activity at the ACT Bengkulu office is still like a fee, namely continuing to distribute aid to people in need. "Although the revocation of PUB's permit was revoked, humanitarian activities that have been carried out by ACT Bengkulu are still running as usual," Triwanti said in Bengkulu, quoted from Antara, Friday, July 8. The distribution of the donation was carried out based on philanthropy or funds used which were collected by ACT Bengkulu before the revocation of the PUB permit. For the routine program that is currently still being carried out by ACT Bengkulu, namely free rice operations for 20 orphanages in Bengkulu Province.

Then the Food Sedekah Dam program (LSP) which is usually carried out every Friday, the program for opening Health Facilities (Faskes), distribution of waqaf Al Qur'an, construction of women's dormitories for Islamic boarding schools in Enggano and preparation for sacrifices at 10 points.

"We need to emphasize that what is revoked by the Ministry of Social Affairs is a PUB permit, not a foundation permit that has been revoked," he continued Triwanti, currently his party is trying to get the PUB permit to be reissued by the Ministry of Social Affairs so that it can again help distribute aid to people in need. Meanwhile, due to the revocation of the PUB permit, his party was unable to open donations to help people in need. He explained that before the revocation of the PUB permit, the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs should have carried out several other stages such as granting a warning letter and so on.