By: Muhammad Zaky) *
The government is ready to support the smoothness and security of the Christmas and New Year 2020 Celebration. This is a reflection of the presence of the state in society.
Being a country leader is indeed not easy. He must be willing to think about the interests of his citizens first compared to his personal interests. Ahead of the celebration of the Christian religious day and the momentum of the turn of the year to make president Jokowi quite busy. Because, now many agendas that must be prepared to welcome the two big celebrations.
Ahead of the 2019 Christmas holidays and New Year 2020, the Government has allegedly made a number of preparations in order to provide comfort and security for the community as a whole. He said this when holding a meeting with his staff. So that preparation and coordination can be as expected.
This meeting was held by Jokowi to check and ensure preparation for the Christian holiday and welcome the New Year. He stated that the first priority was regarding the availability and stability of food prices, so that they would be well maintained. In addition, Jokowi also instructed his staff to ensure the supply of distribution smoothly without problems.
In the transportation services sector, the President has given instructions to prepare facilities and public transportation modes, both land, sea and air. Jokowi asserted, the comfort and safety of service users must be prioritized and truly considered. Including the availability of fuel stock during Christmas and New Year.
This was further strengthened by reminding the security forces to take part in safeguarding the situation and conditions of security and harmony so that the situation remained conducive. In this case, the TNI, Polri and BIN will work together to make anticipatory steps to ward off any potential security and order disturbances that occur.
Jokowi added, to all parties to continue to strengthen the values of tolerance, harmony to the values of brotherhood among fellow citizens of Indonesia. The implication is that people can get a sense of security, comfort and peace while celebrating the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Previously, the government was considered to have prepared well all the preparations to welcome Christmas and the New Year. Starting from the security sector, the availability of staples, transportation, fuel, to electricity. In fact, the Government guarantees, all of these things have been prepared well and neatly. The affirmation was conveyed by the Cabinet Secretary, Pramono Anung.
To follow up on the orders of Indonesian President Jokowi, Pramono Anung also said that National Police Chief General Police Idham Azis had reported the readiness of the National Police to secure and provide security including matters relating to existing threats.
Threats can be such as sweeping or acts of rejecting worship and others, SARA conflicts and brawls. So if there are reports related to this matter, they will be dealt with firmly.
According to Seskab, the National Police Chief has also reported that the implementation of the Candle Operation will start from December 19 to January 2, involving a number of personnel. Which reached around 191 thousand troops both from the TNI, Polri, Satpol PP, Transportation Agency, and Health Agency in total.
The fuel readiness during Christmas and New Year was strengthened by Pertamina’s Managing Director Nicke Widyawati and Acting Director (Plt) Managing Director of the State Electricity Company (PLN) Sripeni Inten Cahyani. Nicke said, if congestion happened like 2 or 3 years ago, Pertamina would be more proactive in sending the fuel through directly managed by Pertamina.
Meanwhile for electricity supply, Plt. PLN President Director Sripeni Inten Cahyani has reported that the period from December 18 to January 8 all PLN-owned power plants will operate, and guarantee that there will be no blackouts as before.
The minister added that trade minister Agus Suparmanto had also reported that there was no indication that prices would surge beyond predictions. Seskab believes that the implementation of this preparation will reap success, especially with the operation of the elevated Cikampek section yesterday, it is hoped that it will truly be able to reduce existing traffic congestion.
Government’s readiness to approach Christmas and New Year is expected to be able to support the smooth running of the event until it is over. In addition, creating a conducive situation is considered to be able to suppress any possibility of threats that can come from anywhere. This government readiness is a form of attention to all Indonesian citizens, so that a sense of security, peace and comfort can be obtained.
) * The author is a social political observer
