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ICW Researcher Kurnia Ramadhana said in a press statement on Thursday that one of the controversial policies under Jokowi’s leadership was when the government issued the pre-employment card program as part of the Covid-19 pandemic social safety net scheme, which is used to resolve unemployment due to the pandemic. The program is not urgent, Kurnia said.

He also touched on the issue of civil servants who hold multiple positions as commissioners in state-owned enterprises, conflict of interest among Jokowi’s millennial advisors and the increase of the premiums for the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) amid the pandemic.

ICW also pointed out the participation of Jokowi’s son and son-in-law, Gibran Rakabuming, and Bobby Nasution, in the upcoming regional elections. Another controversial policy by the government was to proceed with the regional elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which could worsen the spread of the coronavirus.

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/10/22/20154801/setahun-jokowi-maruf-icw-soroti-6-kebijakan-kontroversial. 

3. Jokowi Reprimands Cabinet Ministers for Poor Public Communication on Jobs Law

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has reprimanded all cabinet ministers and other high-ranking officials for the poor public communication regarding the controversial Jobs Law, according to his Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko.

“Many people have conveyed their complaints on the Job Creation Law. We all were reprimanded by the president due to our poor public communication,” Moeldoko said at Presidential Palace on Wednesday, October 21.

He said that the poor government public relations was blamed for the rejection of the Jobs Law and the massive protests by the students and workers until now.

He went on to say that the ministers are now starting to improve their style of communication in public, especially when disseminating information on the Job Creation Law.

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/10/21/19430301/moeldoko-semua-ditegur-presiden-komunikasi-terkait-uu-cipta-kerja-sangat.