Minister Of Investment Highlights The Role Of Trade Minister Zulhas In Efforts To Boost Public Satisfaction

Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia. (Antaranews)

JAKARTA - Investment Minister/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia highlighted the role of the Minister of Trade (Mendag) Zulkifli Hasan in boosting public satisfaction with the government.

"The Minister of Trade, maybe the minister who is most stressed, Mr. Zulkifli Hasan, because he cannot provide careless food prices reports," Bahlil said in the Release of the LSI National Survey Results: "The Electoral Map of the Presidential Election and Anticipation of the Second Round", monitored from the YouTube channel of the Indonesian Survey Institute, Wednesday, May 3, was confiscated by Antara.

The level of public satisfaction is influenced by controlled inflation, particularly related to the prices of basic commodities.

Bahlil said the government's policy in managing inflation was out of the way because it did not only rely on Bank Indonesia (BI) policies.

The government is also moving in maintaining price stability for basic commodities, such as onions and chilies, because it contributes inflation.

"All transportation from onions to chilies is borne by the APBD for the cost so that the price is the same as the commodity-producing area," he said.

In such ways, the government can control the prices of basic commodities and boost public satisfaction or approval rating.

Previously, LSI Executive Director Djayadi Hanan explained that the level of public satisfaction with President Jokowi in April 2023 reached 82 percent. According to him, there are several factors behind it, one of which is inflation control.

"Why is it high? One, the assessment of general conditions is high, including the economy. And usually the most obvious thing to see the relationship between the level of satisfaction with the president is the inflation rate," said Djayadi.

The LSI survey was conducted on respondents who had the right to vote, namely those who were over 17 years old. The survey sample was randomly selected (multistage random sampling) and involved 1,220 respondents. Survey data were taken on April 12-17, 2023.

The survey margin of error is estimated at approximately 2.9 percent at a 95 percent confidence level. Interviews with respondents were conducted face-to-face by interviewers who were trained.