Rejecting PSBB, the richest person in Indonesia sends a letter to Jokowi

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The richest Indonesian with a wealth of 277.83 trillion rupees according to Forbes, Budi Hartono, also spoke about the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) that will take place tomorrow Monday (9/14/2020).

In his letter to the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, the owner of the Djarum Group expressed his disapproval, because imposing the PSBB was not the right step.

Budi Hartono gave several reasons. One reason for this is that PSBB has proven ineffective in reducing the growth rate of infections in Jakarta.

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He also did not hesitate to attach a diagram of the growth of the infection that continued to increase during PSBB. Countries that have managed to reduce the infection rate are doing so through action. circuit breaker.

“In Jakarta, although the DKI Jakarta government has implemented PSBB, the growth rate of the infection continues to increase,” wrote Budi Hartono in his letter posted on Instagram from former Polish Ambassador Peter F Gontha @petergontha on Sunday ( 9/13/2020).

Another reason is that the capacity of DKI Jakarta hospitals will be maintained at maximum with or no longer applying the PSBB. Budi said the government should continue to prepare separate isolation sites to handle the increase in cases.

He attached a photo of the isolation site in Port Singapore. Where the country’s government is building air-conditioned isolation containers in anticipation of an increase in cases needing medical treatment.

“Facilities like this can be built and built in a short period of time (less than 2 weeks) because they take advantage of containers that only need to be installed with air conditioning and stairs,” said Budi.

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Previously reported, on Wednesday (8/9/2020), Anies Baswedan decided that the PSBB in DKI Jakarta would return to the start of the pandemic, not a transitional PSBB as of Monday.

The situation is considered an emergency because the referral hospitals for the management of Covid-19 in Jakarta are increasingly full and the death rate from the corona virus is accelerating.

Several ministers responded immediately to Anies’ policy. Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said the Jakarta Composite Index (IHSG) was depressed by the Jakarta PSBB announcement.

On the other hand, according to Airlangga, Anies’ decision to remove the emergency brake had a great impact on the economy.

Furthermore, Commerce Minister Agus Suparmanto assessed that the implementation of the PSBB could potentially disrupt the smooth distribution of goods, especially considering Jakarta’s role in the national distribution flow.