CIDISS. Under the leadership of Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla who have entered three years, the government has succeeded in several fields. There are 4 main aspects that can demonstrate the government’s commitment to equity supported by the relevant programs.
Here are four main aspects:
- Economic development and increased productivity – to enlarge the economic cake to be shared fairly
- Poverty alleviation and affirmative policies – to overcome social inequality
- Territorial development – to overcome regional imbalances
- Development of polhukam and culture – to ensure equity programs can be run effectively
In the era of President Joko Widodo, food sovereignty was listed as one of the priority programs in Nawacita:
- In 2014, the budget for food sovereignty programs reached Rp67.3 trillion.
- This year, the budget for food sovereignty soared to 53.2% to Rp103.1 trillion.
For village funds, the budget continues to increase every year. Moved from 2015 to the present, the number of village funds continues to increase. Here are the details:
- In 2015 village fund initially only Rp 20.76 trillion
- Year 2016 rose to Rp 46.9 trillion
- Year 2017 again rose to Rp 60 trillion
And in the field of employment, where during the period of three years, the unemployment rate recorded the lowest record. Here’s the note
National Open Unemployment Rate:
- Year 2015 5.81%
- Year 2016 dropped to 5.5%
- Year 2017 again dropped to 5.33%
So much the success of Jokowi-JK during his three-year reign, certainly a proof of the real work of the government who had been staying digadangnya. Therefore, to facilitate the successes in other fields, it is necessary also cooperation from masyarat to provide conditions conducive so that development in other fields immediately realized.
By: Mirwan Achmad*)
