Take Note Of This Promise! Prabowo Will Give 82.9 Million People Free Lunch Plus Nutrition Assistance

JAKARTA - Prabowo Subianto's presidential candidate (candidate) targets as many as 82.9 million Indonesians to get lunch and nutrition assistance for free if elected as president for the 2024-2029 period.

Data as many as 82.9 million people who will receive free lunch programs and the nutrition assistance consists of 74.2 million elementary, junior high, high school and vocational school students, both public and private; 4.3 million students; and 4.4 million pregnant women.

"We will eliminate malnutrition, stunting. In this way, we will give lunch to all Indonesian children and pregnant women,"

Prabowo said in his remarks during the declaration of the Setia Prabowo volunteers in Jakarta as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, October 7. Prabowo said this was an effort to accelerate the development of superior human resources (HR) in Indonesia.

superior human resources, according to Prabowo, can make a real contribution in poverty alleviation to remote areas of the archipelago.

"If I am given the mandate (to become president) by the people, I will be determined to eliminate poverty," he added.

Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the number of poor people in the country in March 2023 was recorded at 25.90 million people, a decrease of 0.26 million people compared to the same period in the previous year.

The free lunch program at schools, Islamic boarding schools, and nutrition assistance is one of Prabowo's fast results programs.

Other programs are integrated superior school development in each district and school improvement; continue the Healthy Indonesia Card program, Smart Indonesia Card, Basic Food Card, Pre-Employment Card, and Family Hope Program to eliminate absolute poverty; hold free health checks; eradicate TB disease within five years; and build quality complete hospitals in districts.

In addition, Prabowo plans to establish a State Revenue Agency and increase the ratio of state revenues from gross domestic product (GDP) to 20 percent or equivalent to an additional IDR 1,300 trillion.

Furthermore, the presidential candidate for the Maju Indonesia Coalition (KIM) will print and increase the productivity of agricultural land with village, regional and national food barns.

Prabowo, if he wins the 2024 presidential election, will also continue to develop village infrastructure, direct cash assistance (BLT) village funds, cheap houses, as well as raise the salaries of teachers, state civil servants (ASN), members of the TNI and POLRI, village heads, and village officials.