Making Money Is Difficult, Jokowi Asks The Government To Be Productive

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) admits that it is currently very difficult to find income for the government. Therefore, he requested that all government budgets must be productive.

"Every rupiah that we spend from the APBN, all APBDs must be productive. Because it is difficult to find money," he said at the 2023 Internal Supervision Coordination Meeting (Wasin) at the BPKP Office, East Jakarta, Wednesday, June 14.

In fact, said Jokowi, it is also not easy for the government to seek income both through taxes and dividends.

"Whether it's through taxes, PNBP, loyalty, dividends is not easy. Now it's not easy," he explained.

Not only experienced by Indonesia, said Jokowi, the world economy is still difficult at this time. In fact, developed countries in Europe are included in the recession zone.

In fact, continued Jokowi, the country that is a patient of the International Monetary Fund or IMF has reached 96 percent.

This information was obtained directly from the IMF Managing Director, Kristarina Georgirva, during a visit to Japan some time ago.

(Now) 96 countries. This shows the current world situation is really in a difficult situation. Maybe 1-2 weeks ago we read in Europe technically it has entered a recession. Bad information like that," he said.