Jakarta – Head of BIN General Pol ( Purn ) Budi Gunawan reminded the Regional Government to be able to prepare to go through 2023 which was dark and full of uncertainties. World intelligence Foresight shows that 2023 will be a dark year because many things will affect it, from the war situation to the global economic recession.
In intelligence terms Winter is Coming ” in 2023 where the situation and conditions this year many countries will experience great difficulties so that they can affect globally, regionally and nationally.
This was explained by the Head of BIN General Pol ( Purn ) Budi Gunawan at the National Coordination Meeting Forkopimda 2023 at SICC, Bogor Regency, West Java, Tuesday (17/1/2023).
The year 2023 will be haunted by the threat of recession and inflation whose effects will reach regions and be felt by household economic groups both in cities, districts and remote villages, said Budi Gunawan.
Reflecting on intelligence analysis which shows several potential global threats and challenges in 2023 that must be of concern to various groups, including the wars in Russia and Ukraine which are predicted to continue for a long time with the potential for the use of nuclear weapons on a limited scale exacerbated. The war between the two countries will disrupt the world’s energy and food supplies, said the Head of BIN.
In addition, European countries began to run short of funds due to inflation which resulted in a lot of infrastructure being abandoned and construction not completed. One concrete example is Italy, which is currently experiencing an electricity crisis and food shortages so that the country’s condition is not “healthy”, said Budi Gunawan.
African continent, a number of countries there depend 90% on wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine. Because of this , most African countries are currently threatened with extreme hunger and poverty.
For Indonesia itself, the rupiah exchange rate against the US dollar has weakened due to the alarming global conditions due to inflation in several countries in the world. It also causes a high import burden which has an impact on the national industry, and increases unemployment and decreases people’s purchasing power Seeing the international world conditions which are experiencing shocks including the impact on Indonesia, Head of BIN Gen. Pol ( Purn ) Budi Gunawan asked all Regional Governments in Indonesia to be able to prepare their respective regions so that this year can be passed with full optimism so that the people’s economy can be maintained and The national economy will always be strong from the global recession.
