Jokowi-Ma'ruf One Year Report, The Government Is Quick To Face COVID-19

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Photo: Setkab)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said they were fast and swift in facing the COVID-19 pandemic. They mentioned this in the annual report published by the Presidential Staff Office (KSP).

In their report, their readiness was proven by directly overcoming a number of bad possibilities due to the pandemic through various means, including implementing health protocols.

"Indonesia immediately anticipates the worst possibility. Health protocol campaigns have been intensified, wearing masks, washing hands with soap, maintaining distance," he was quoted as saying in the 2020 Annual Report released by the KSP, Tuesday, October 20.

In line with that, the Jokowi-Ma'ruf administration has also prepared the availability of test kits and carried out tracking. "As well as ensuring the availability of hospitals and the readiness of medical personnel," said the report.

Through this report, the government also emphasized that the COVID-19 pandemic must be a momentum of awakening for Indonesia. So that the central government to local governments must carry out reform, transformation, and collaboration.

Regarding the government's attitude in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, this report states that from the start Indonesia did not want to be careless in implementing a total lockdown.

President Jokowi prefers to implement Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) to limit a number of community activities, including closing schools, offices, places of worship, and a number of other public facilities.

The implementation of this PSBB can also be proposed by each region.

Apart from implementing social restrictions, the government has also issued a number of regulations to deal with COVID-19. The report noted that there were seven regulations issued.

The seven regulations are:

1. Establishment of a Task Force for Handling COVID-19 through Presidential Decree Number 7 of 2020.

2. Determination of the PSBB through Government Regulation Number 21 of 2020.

3. Determination of public health emergencies through Presidential Decree No. 11 of 2020.

4.Financial Policy Perppu for Handling COVID-19 which was ratified as Law Number 2 of 2020.

5. Refocusing the 2020 State Budget for handling pandemics regulated in Presidential Decree Number 54 of 2020.

6. Establishment of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and PEN through Presidential Decree Number 82 of 2020.

7. Law enforcement of health protocol disciplines through Presidential Instruction Number 6 of 2020.

In addition, due to this pandemic, the government through the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has made efforts to innovate. At least 60 innovations were successfully developed amid this pandemic. There are innovative products that have been successfully made, such as decontamination robots to low cost mobile ventilators.

"Meanwhile, there are also supporting innovation products that produce food and beverage products with natural ingredients to maintain body health," the report said.