Mining Is Not Enough, The Plantation And Marine Sector Is Ready To Downstream Ganjar If He Becomes President

JAKARTA - The presidential candidate, Ganjar Pranowo promised to strengthen the downstream policy that has been launched by President Joko Widodo's administration.

Ganjar emphasized that he would not limit downstreaming only to the mining sector, but would also expand it to other sectors such as plantations and marine affairs. He is committed to carrying out this downstreaming while completing the programs launched by the previous Jokowi administration.

"Just tweets so far, only CPO, we haven't talked about cosmetics, medicines that are there, but they need research. 1% of GDP, can be used for imaginary research, not with existing strength, that's a commitment," said Ganjar in his statement, Tuesday, September 26.

Ganjar also highlighted the extraordinary potential of the marine and coastal economy in Indonesia, by exemplifying the potential for seaweed scattered on Indonesian beaches. With a depth of up to 15 meters, this can be used as a strategic center of economic growth.

In addition, Ganjar emphasized the decline in the Incremental Capital Output Ratio (ICOR) which is currently in the range of 8.16%. High ICOR is one of the triggers for expensive investment costs in Indonesia, which hinders economic growth. Ganjar stated that one of the strategies to reduce the ICOR figure was to firmly and consistently fight corruption in various sectors.

"This is a commitment, I'm sure if we want to eradicate it. If we don't take things like this seriously, oligarchic accusations, accusations of nepotism, accusations of not being serious about enforcing will happen and we become pretending, our ICOR explodes because it's not serious," he said.

Ganjar also discussed strategies related to the procurement of candidates for state civil servants (ASN). He emphasized that his focus will be focused on procuring teachers, health workers, and agricultural instructors. According to Ganjar, the need for personnel in these sectors is very important for the government.

"I ask the Minister of PANRB, if you want to appoint a civil servant or PPPK, that's one teacher, the two health workers, the three agricultural instructors, I just ask for these three. Because this is important, we need a lot, if our health quality is low, we can't," said Ganjar.

With this ambitious vision and strategy, Ganjar Pranowo hopes to bring Indonesia to a higher level of progress if it is elected president in 2024.