JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): While millions of people out of work are depending on the arrival of social assistance to weather the Covid-19 crisis, bureaucrats have dragged their feet in the distribution process and have even taken the opportunity to boost their popularity among voters.
The distribution of food packages and cash assistance is lagging outside of Jakarta as many regencies and cities continue to gather data about their poor populations, a problem that economists warned about.
“The aid from the social ministry was limited. More packages came from us. I personally also gave out hand sanitizer, ” said the PDI-P politician. Sri said the stickers might have been placed on the bottles by people who wanted to tarnish her image. The government has set aside Rp 110 trillion for social safety net programs, including for the expansion of existing programs like the Family Hope Program under the Social Affairs Ministry’s Integrated Data on Social Welfare and other forms of social aid and cash transfers for those who are not in the database.
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