Erick Thohir: Sorry for those who do not have an account, they cannot accept wage subsidies

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – The Executive Director of the Committee for the Management of Covid-19 and National Economic Recovery, Erick Thohir, made sure that there were no other recipients of wage subsidies for workers who were not registered with BPJS Ketenagakerjaan and who had accounts.

In the presentation and question and answer session through online channels, Erick said that the government has currently pocketed 14 million worker account data from a total of 15.7 million grant recipients, 11 million of whom are which have been validated.

Meanwhile, of the total validated, some have received the grant disbursement directly into their accounts. Erick aims to distribute at least IDR 13.7 billion of the total grant of IDR 37.8 billion by mid-September.

“After 1,2 [juta rupiah] distributed, the remaining 1.2 will be paid at the end of October or beginning of November, “he said, on Wednesday (2/9/2020)

It also indicated that there were no changes in the distribution mechanism of the subsidies, even with regard to the list of beneficiaries, although many people who were not workers questioned similar subsidies.

According to Erick, people who are not included in the workers’ wage subsidy program, either because they work in the informal sector or because they no longer have the status of workers because they experience termination of employment, can take advantage of the pre-employment cards. job.

“That is why there is pre-employment, which is for those who fall into the category of non-working or informal workers,” Erick added.

Meanwhile, people who do not have an account cannot receive the subsidy at all. The reason is that the bank account is necessary for transparency in the distribution of aid to the community.

“How can those who do not have an account, apologize for having one, this is part of maintaining transparency,” he said.

He gave an example of how recipients of grants for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) also had to have an account because, in addition to being more transparent, it could also open access to banking.

Meanwhile, Erick said that the evaluation of PEN programs is currently being carried out, especially how to accelerate the absorption of various stimuli that have been disbursed by the government.