JPPI criticizes the government's plan to issue PerPres management MBG: Let

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister (Menko) for food for Zulkifli Hasan (Zulhas) said that the presidential regulation (perpress) related to the management of the free nutrition program (MBG) will be completed this week. The Indonesian Education Monitoring Network (JPPI) said this step is late. “It’s a late step, strange and impressed play. The program has been poisoning thousands of children for months, but the basic rules are just prepared now. It’s a very carefree program,” JPPI National Coordinator, Ubaid Matraji, told reporters on Friday (2/10/2025). According to Ubaid, MBG was performed without an adult policy design, without public testing and without involvement of civil society. Instead of protecting Indonesian children, Ubaid said, this program actually became a mass tragedy. Browse to continue with the content “PerPres to be signed may not be an instrument of washing” hands “of government. Especially if the perpress is discussed privately and does not involve civil society. Yes, this program must be discontinued if this program and will be continued,” Ubaid said. Ubaid said there must be a number of things regulated by the perpress management MBG. One is about MBG financing. “The issue of MBG financing should not be obtained from the 20 percent education budget, it must be regulated how this program is transparent and accountable, must also prioritize targeted groups, namely those who do not have nutrition and regions, the sufficient rates still low, regulation of SPG should not be one form, but that different forms Governance MBG will be published soon. A small week patient, so that the division of tasks and local governments, yes, the Ministry of Relevant Institutions, what kind of coordination we will complete this week, God willingly. Patient a little, we’ll announce it, “Zulhas explained. Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister of State Secretary (Wamensesesneg) Bambang Eko Suhariyanto said that President Prabowo Subianto will sign the presidential by -law in the near future on the management of the MBG program. It is submitted, it has been submitted to the president. So the president will sign in the near future. (Jesus/Yahs)