The Correct Policy

Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) has been stand for almost a year-passed
in our universe. Since then the society has been caught to and endless suffering. Many
of our own affected by COVID-19, in fact, economical issues get really turned up from
these past few months. The poor are really getting aware of this particular matter.
Different from the rich, they shouldn’t be worrying about economical issues for
instance.
We have to be aware that the economic sector is undergoing a degression for
the past few months. Therefore, many people are forced by this condition to surviving
along in pandemic situation under many ways of their own. For example, they are
counting on the government aids, such as monetary aid, food aid, and groceries stuff.
However, the fact has shown that these people are more needing the money rather than
other stuff.

On the other hand, the government still having another to be concern about,
which is the construction field notably in Indonesia. Infrastructure development has
increased under President Joko Widodo authority period. The pandemic that hit
Indonesia isn’t an obstacle to realizing his vision. There are 89 new national strategic
project proposals that occur in the 2020-2024 period which costs Rp1.422 trillion.

Indonesian Ministry of Public Works has spoken that initially, they have
approximately budget around Rp120,21 trillion number, which had to be reallocated to
as much as Rp24,5 trillion. This will be used as an aid for the people of Indonesia
whose affected by COVID-19. As a result, the remaining budget getting a cut off
becoming Rp75,63 trillion number. They are having another issue because of this. They
have to be paid the manpower that exists in the project they have. At the start of the
pandemic COVID-19 situation, there are many construction workers who are getting
mass dismissal unavoidably.

These construction workers, have to think of another way to get survived in this
condition. But today, the construction site managers have found a way to carry on the
project. This actively demonstrates that construction workers are getting their job back.
They have to follow the Health Protocol that prevails in every place of each site so that
the work progress could proceed.

To sum up everything that has been stated so far, the people had to survive in
this pandemic COVID-19. With the government policy to turn the Indonesian Ministry
of Public Works budget into people’s helping fund, the construction field notably
infrastructure development has been delayed. We believed that the government step is
precisely the right thing to do on this occasion. So that the progress could still go up in
the construction development program chart with the budget and power that exist. The
utilization of proper funds is the right solution that the government did.