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JAKARTA - One year ago, October 9, 2021, President Jokowi officially launched the Cash Assistance Program for Street Vendors and Stalls (BT-PKLW). The launch was carried out on Jalan Malioboro, Yogyakarta.

Jokowi targets one million street vendors and stalls to receive assistance of Rp. 1.5 million. This study is considered by Jokowi to be able to restore their enthusiasm for selling. Because, previously the small business sector of street vendors and stalls was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The year 2020 is the toughest year for all Indonesian people. The presence of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind it. The virus from Wuhan is the most frightening scourge. Every day the number of COVID-19 transmissions rises. The victim could be anyone. From among officials to commoners.

Mental casualties also fell. This is evidenced by the increase in the number of funerals in various regions of the archipelago. The government has not yet received the right assessment of dealing with COVID-19. All the preventive instructions given by the power of attorney are only temporary.

Like it or not, the government took firm steps. Schools and offices are closed. The policy has a significant impact on other sectors. Many companies went out of business. Unemployment is everywhere.

The life imprisonment of the small business sector is increasingly uncertain. Instead of trying to get up, it is difficult for the capital to meet the needs of daily life. Therefore, street vendors and stalls are one of the businesses affected by COVID-19.

The government also knows with certainty the fate of its people. Mainly the small business sector: street vendors and stalls. President Jokowi also tactics. The aid program is the mainstay. He also officially launched the BT-PKLW program on October 9, 2021.

The President chose a unique way to formalize his program this time. He was accompanied by his ministers trying to walk from the Agung Building of the Yogyakarta Presidential Palace, to the Malioboro area.

There, Jokowi inaugurated the BT-PKLW program. The program is intended to help one million street vendors and stalls. One person gets a share of IDR 1.2 million. so that it will soon rise from the COVID-19 pandemic, he thought.

This morning I together with the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, with Ngarso Dalem, the Governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, as well as other ministers, as well as the Mayor of Yogyakarta, would like to inaugurate the start of the provision of cash assistance for street vendors and small stalls throughout Indonesia. Later, as many as one million street vendors and stalls will be provided with assistance of Rp. 1.2 million. Less than?"

One million two hundred thousand is enough, according to our calculations are sufficient, and it will be started for the first time in the Malioboro area, Yogyakarta. I think that's what I can convey on this auspicious occasion. And by saying bismillahhirrahmanirrahim cash assistance for street vendors and small stalls through the TNI and Polri, I declare that it starts," President Jokowi said in his remarks as quoted on the Cabinet Secretariat website.


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