PAN Highlights Jakarta's Unemployment Rate Is Still High, Heru Budi: Local Governments Continue To Business

Acting Governor Of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi (DKI Public Relations)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono admitted that the DKI Provincial Government continues to strive to reduce the unemployment rate. This is in response to the PAN faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD which highlighted the high number of residents of the capital city who do not have a job. However, said Heru, at least the unemployment rate has decreased. "By data, in 2022 there will be 7.18 percent unemployment in Jakarta. In 2023 it will decrease to 6.5 percent. This means it will decrease, but there is still unemployment. Yes, the regional government continues to try to reduce it," said Heru in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Wednesday, November 15. Heru explained, the effort to reduce the unemployment rate by the DKI Provincial Government is to increase the relevance of education to the needs of the workforce, to attract potential investment in the capital city. This method is also input from the DKI Jakarta DPRD. "There are many (intervention methods). Yesterday PAN said link and match to provide job opportunities, spurring investment in Jakarta," he explained. Previously, the chairman of the PAN faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Bambang Kusumanto, highlighted the millions of unemployed residents in Jakarta in a plenary meeting, Tuesday, November 14. Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency in 2023, the population of Jakarta is 8.3 million people. Of this figure, which includes a workforce of 5.2 million and 3.1 million people declared not working or not having a clear job. "This is an extraordinary figure in my opinion. And in those 3 million, there are approximately 400 thousand who are categorized as open unemployment. This is more concerning," said Bambang. According to Bambang, the DKI Provincial Government has not made significant efforts to reduce the number of unemployed. The government should not only make policies, but also have a quantitative target.

"I pay attention, it seems that there has been no significant progress so far. It seems that the DKI Provincial Government has died. Therefore, we propose back and forth. Please take it seriously, the link and match," he said.