"Thank you for working together to overcome the pandemic so well. But we all still have to work hard and be careful. In 2023, there are many predictions about the threat of recession," said President Joko Widodo @jokowi when opening the National Coordination Meeting (Rakornas) of Regional Heads and Regional Leaders Communication Forum (Forkopimda) 2023 in Bogor (17/1).
The Rakornas was attended by more than 4500 invitees, consisting of all Governors, Regents, Mayors, Police Chiefs, Police Chiefs, Dandim, Danrem, BI Governors, BPKP Heads, and Heads of Provincial BPS, as well as Regency / City throughout Indonesia. The President asked all invitees to strengthen economic growth and control inflation in 2023. In particular, the President also said that data collection and provision must be more accurate. This is important so that the policies taken are appropriate. "Do not let us make the wrong policy. No matter how small it is, it must be based on data and facts in the field," he said.
This was agreed by the Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, M. Tito Karnavian @titokarnavian @kemendagri when giving a speech. "The inflation rate is well controlled, according to BPS data. Here the Heads of BPS in 514 districts / cities are present. Because BPS data is the data that is the main reference," said Tito.
In the first panel session, together with the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister of Trade, and Governor of BI, Head of BPS, Margo Yuwono @margo_yuwono became a resource person in a discussion on the development of inflation and handling steps taken by the government. Margo said that Indonesia must be vigilant in facing global economic pressures that are still full of uncertainty. "Strengthening the domestic economy is the main choice to control national and regional inflation. Adjustment of government-regulated commodity prices as well as stock management and distribution of strategic food commodities must be done carefully, considering that these are our determining factors, both at the national and regional levels," Margo explained. (Med)
