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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – President Joko Widodo said state speech with a different atmosphere this year.

Unlike previous years, the courtroom at the Parliament Complex on Friday (14/8/2020) was no longer fully occupied by DPR members and other invited guests.

The number of DPR members and guests who are physically present is limited so that they can maintain distance.

More DPR members and guests watched the annual event virtually.

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All of that because of the pandemic Covid-19. State speech President Jokowi also not far from dealing with a pandemic. Here’s the summary:

Touch an empty chair

At the beginning of his speech, President Jokowi immediately mentioned the number of empty seats in the courtroom.

“Supposedly, all the seats in this courtroom are fully occupied, without a single seat empty. Supposedly, since two weeks ago, various competitions and crowds were full of joy, carnivals celebrating independence day were held, enveloping the atmosphere of the independence month. 75 years of Indonesian independence, “he said.

However, everything that has been planned must change completely because of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Jokowi reminded that all of this should not diminish his gratitude in commemorating 75 years of Indonesian Independence.

The whole world is affected

President Jokowi said that 215 countries, without exception, are facing difficult times amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Quoting WHO, as of August 13, there were more than 20.4 million cases worldwide, with the number of deaths in the world as many as 744,000 people.

“All countries, poor countries, developing countries, including developed countries, are all experiencing setbacks due to exposure to Covid-19,” he said.

The world economic crisis is also the worst in history. In the first quarter of 2020, our country’s economic growth was still plus 2.97 percent, but in the second quarter we were minus 5.32 percent.

The economies of developed countries are even minus a dozen percent, to minus 17-20 percent.

Plow crisis momentum

However, President Jokowi actually assessed that the decline of many of these big countries could be an opportunity and momentum for us to catch up.

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Like a computer, President Jokowi said that the economies of all countries were currently stuck. All countries must undergo a brief computer shutdown process, must re-start, have to re-booting.

“And all countries have the opportunity to reset all their systems,” he said.

President Jokowi warmly welcomed the calls of clerics, religious leaders and cultural figures to make the momentum of this pandemic disaster a new awakening. Resurrection to take a great leap.

He considered that this is the time for Indonesia to fundamentally improve itself, carry out a major transformation, carry out a grand strategy.

Major strategies in the fields of economy, law, government, social, culture, including health and education.

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“Don’t waste the lessons given by the crisis. Don’t let the crisis lead to a setback. In fact, we must hijack the momentum of this crisis to make a leap of progress,” he said.

Steps to handle the crisis

President Jokowi then outlined a number of efforts by the government to deal with the health crisis.

First, the government evacuated Indonesian citizens from the Covid-19 pandemic area in China.

Then the government prepared hospitals, isolation homes, medicines, medical devices, and disciplined health protocols.

“Everything must be done quickly, in a very short time,” said President Jokowi.

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When the health crisis had an impact on the national economy, Indonesia was also fast moving.

The government provides social assistance to the community through basic food assistance, cash assistance, subsidies and discounts on electricity rates, Village BLT, and salary subsidies.

It also helps MSMEs to obtain credit restructuring, obtain productive assistance in the form of emergency capital assistance, and help purchase their products. Then help workers who are victims of layoffs, among others through social assistance and pre-employment cards.

“Something that is not easy. Something that is not easy,” said President Jokowi.

For all that, the government is quick to make changes to program formulas. Adjusting the work program to the current situation.

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Reallocate budgets in no time. Issued Perppu Number 1 of 2020, which was later approved by the DPR to become Law Number 2 of 2020.

Thanks to health workers

President Jokowi said the struggle to prevent the spread of Covid-19, treat the sick, and prevent death had been extraordinary.

On behalf of the people, nation and state, President Jokowi expressed his gratitude and highest appreciation to the doctors, nurses, and all officers in the hospital. Also personnel in laboratories, in health clinics, and in isolation homes.

Not to forget, President Jokowi also thanked community leaders, volunteers, media crews, military and police officers, civil servants at the central and regional levels.

He said with this pandemic event, we must accelerate fundamental reforms in the health sector.

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An orientation towards disease prevention and a healthy lifestyle must be prioritized.

Strengthening the capacity of human resources, developing hospitals and health centers as well as the drug and medical device industry must be prioritized.

“We must increase the resilience and capacity of health services on a large scale,” said President Jokowi.

Food and energy

Apart from the health sector, President Jokowi also talked about food and energy.
According to him, the efficiency of food production, increasing added value for farmers, strengthening cooperatives, and farmer corporate methods will continue to be improved.

“Food estates, or food barns, are being built to strengthen national food reserves,” said President Jokowi.

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Currently, food estates are being developed in Central Kalimantan and North Sumatra Provinces, and will be carried out later in several other areas, which is a synergy between the government, private actors, and the community as land owners and as workers.

Great efforts have also been made and are being made in building energy independence. In 2019, Indonesia has succeeded in producing and using 20 percent biodiesel (B20). And, this year starts with B30, so that it can reduce the value of oil imports in 2019.

Pertamina, in collaboration with researchers, has also succeeded in creating a catalyst for the manufacture of D100, which is a diesel fuel that is 100 percent made from palm oil.

“This will absorb at least one million tons of palm oil produced by farmers for a production capacity of 20,000 barrels per day,” said Jokowi.

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The downstreaming of other raw materials also continues on a large scale. For example coal is processed into methanol and gas.

Nickel ore can also be processed into ferro nickel, stainless steel slabs, steel sheets, and developed into the main material for lithium batteries.

Investment and labor

The same principle, continued President Jokowi, was also used in developing other industrial areas, including the super development of the economic corridor for the north coast of Java.

The Batang and Subang-Majalengka Industrial Estates are being developed in a short period of time, designed to be able to attract quality investments, which synergize with our MSMEs, which provide significant added value to the national economy, as well as absorb large numbers of workers.

Similar industrial estates will also be built in various regions throughout Indonesia, which always work in synergy with community entrepreneurship and MSMEs, to provide job opportunities for the unemployed young generation, and increase equitable development throughout the country.

Therefore, we must build a national ecosystem that is conducive to the expansion of quality employment opportunities. We have to do regulatory arrangements.

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“Regulations that overlap, that complicate, that trap all parties at risk, we have to deal with,” he said.

All of this is dedicated to a just national economy. For the interests of those who are already working, for the interests of those who are looking for work, to alleviate poverty by providing the widest possible quality job opportunities.

“We want everyone to work. We want everyone to be prosperous,” he said.

Law and democracy

President Jokowi emphasized that in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, all components of the country must work quickly and flexibly to overcome the various impacts that arise.

However, he emphasized that fast work does not mean neglecting law enforcement, corruption eradication and democratic principles.

“High flexibility and simple bureaucracy are not interchangeable with legal certainty, anti-corruption and democracy,” said President Jokowi.

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According to him, all policies must prioritize environmentally friendly and human rights protection. Speed ​​and precision are not confused with carelessness and arbitrariness.

He emphasized that the government has never played games with efforts to eradicate corruption. Prevention efforts must be enhanced through simple, transparent and efficient governance.

“The law must be enforced indiscriminately,” he said.

The enforcement of democratic values ​​is also non-negotiable. Democracy must continue to run well, without disturbing the speed of work and legal certainty, as well as the noble culture of the Indonesian nation.

“The 2020 Pilkada agenda must continue with high discipline in implementing health protocols,” he said.

President Jokowi also wants all technology platforms to support the transformation of the nation’s progress. The role of digital-media, which is currently very large, must be directed to build human and national values.

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“The behavior of the media should not be controlled to gain clicks and accumulate the number of likes, but should be encouraged to accumulate contributions to humanity and the interests of the nation,” he said.

President Jokowi said that democracy does guarantee freedom, but freedom that respects the rights of others. Let no one feel the most self-righteous, and others be blamed.

“Don’t be the most religious yourself. Nobody feels the most Pancasila itself,” he said.

25 More Years

Closing his speech, President Jokowi said there were still many big steps that had to be taken by Indonesia.

There are still 25 years left for us to prepare a century of Indonesian independence, to build the Indonesia that we aspire to.

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The current target is not only to escape from the pandemic, not just to get out of the crisis. Our step is to make a big leap to take advantage of the momentum of the crisis that is currently happening.

The crisis provides the momentum to catch up, to take a big transformational leap, by executing a grand strategy.

He then again invited all parties to come together to hijack the momentum of the crisis.

“We must plow the momentum of this crisis. We must simultaneously and simultaneously take advantage of this momentum. Making Indonesia equal with developed countries. Making Indonesia the progress we aspire to,” said President Jokowi.

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