Moeldoko: The destination of the holidays and the end of the year holidays is decided this afternoon

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The head of the Presidential Personnel Office, Moeldoko, said the government would hold a meeting to discuss the end of the 2020 holidays and holidays on Tuesday (12/1/2020) this afternoon.

The meeting will be attended by the Coordinating Minister of Human Development and Culture (PMK) Muhadjir Effendy. At the meeting, a joint decree (SKB) of various ministers on the matter will also be discussed.

“Later, at 4.30 pm, we will have a meeting with the PMK coordinating minister. We will discuss the time off or the end of the year holidays and at the same time there will be several ministerial decrees,” Moeldoko said at the KSP office in Jakarta. , on Tuesday.

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Moeldoko said that in discussing this matter the government would comply with the instructions of President Joko Widodo some time ago, calling for the end of the year holidays to be reduced.

This is to prevent the increase in transmission of the corona virus that can occur during long vacations.

“For a long vacation, exactly according to the instructions, it will be reduced,” he said.

According to Moeldoko, it should have become a common awareness that the previous leave period and long vacations had led to an increase in Covid-19 cases. The government does not want this to happen again.

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Therefore, this time the government is trying to be more careful in making decisions.

“It turns out that the old license has actually added a positive number and we don’t want a new group to emerge,” Moeldoko said.

“This tooreference variety that occurs outside. So based on that reference we are also more careful going forward, “he said.

Previously, President Joko Widodo had called for a reduction in the year-end vacation and the replacement of Idul Fitri’s license in December.

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It is intended that people do not flock to go on vacation, causing an increase in Covid-19 cases.

Jokowi’s instruction was relayed by Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy after a limited meeting at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta on Monday (11/23/2020).

“On the issue of holidays, the joint year-end leave, including holidays instead of the leave with Eid al-Firti, the president gave instructions for a reduction,” Muhadjir said.

Later, Muhadjir and related ministers and heads of state institutions discussed the technical details for reducing vacations and leave in a coordination meeting.

Muhadjir said Jokowi recommended that all means be done to avoid crowds, including reducing holidays and leave.

The government does not want Covid-19 cases to increase again.