Sandiaga Uno's Promise That Affirms His Alignment To Domestic Products

Sandiaga Uno (Photo via personal Twitter)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf), Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, said that the "Proud Affirmation Action Of Made in Indonesia" is believed to be able to accelerate the recovery of the national economy after the pandemic.

Sandiaga at the Grand Hyatt, Nusa Dua, Bali, said that in accordance with President Jokowi's directives to ministers, SOEs, and regional heads, the Affirmation Action Proudly Made in Indonesia is an agenda for coordinating and aligning perceptions about accelerating government spending as one of the strategies to accelerate economic recovery through the use of products. domestically produced by SMEs.

"So there are alignments as the national agenda for economic recovery in general. According to the direction of the President, policy makers at the regional and central levels must start to really take sides with domestic products," said Sandiaga in his statement, Saturday, March 26.

Second, said Menparekraf, equalizing perceptions about how the implementation of government goods and services has been simplified and in favor of MSMEs. Third, coordination with K/L to local governments in the context of procuring government goods and services to encourage MSME capacity building.

Lastly, this is part of the socialization of the program implemented in order to increase the use of domestic products.

"This is a strategic step taken by the President and it is hoped that there will be concrete actions taken by ministers, agency heads, regional heads, in carrying out these directives, so we have to move quickly to increase the procurement of goods and services for domestic products, as well as optimize Proud Made in Indonesia," he said.

In the future, said Menparekraf, Indonesia must be able to not only love domestic products but also buy products made in Indonesia. There is no need for sectoral egos to increase the purchase of local products.

"This program is oriented towards economic recovery, especially since we have had a pandemic for two years, we want to rise, we want to open up business opportunities for MSME players and create jobs. These various innovative ideas are directed by the President to organize our revival through governance with the economy. new. A great nation must be able to produce great works," he said.

Previously, President Joko Widodo said that the procurement of goods and services at the central government reached IDR 526 trillion, then the regional government reached IDR 535 trillion, and SOEs amounted to IDR 420 trillion. By allocating 40 percent of the budget for goods and services to local products, it will be able to encourage economic growth of up to 2 percent and create 2 million jobs.

If the budget for the procurement of goods and services is used, at least 40 percent to encourage national economic growth by purchasing goods made in Indonesia, then the government and regional governments can contribute 2 percent to boost national economic growth.