Anies Campaign Team Underlines Economic Purchasing Power Improvement for Preisdential Race

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Winning Team for Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (Team AMIN) declares that the primary focus of presidential and vice-presidential candidates (Capres-Cawapres) number 1 is to enhance the purchasing power of the people rather than just implementing food and milk distribution programs. "But one thing for sure from AMIN (Anies-Muhaimin) is that we have a specific program aimed at increasing the purchasing power of the people," said the spokesperson for Team AMIN, Usamah Abdul Aziz, in Jakarta on Friday, December 8, 2023.

In the upcoming 2024 presidential election, the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair will face two other pairs: pair number 2, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and pair number 3, Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD.

Usamah mentioned that the free lunch program was previously implemented by Anies Baswedan when he served as the governor of Jakarta. Still, this program is confirmed not to be taken to the national level.

According to Usamah, if other candidate pairs (Paslon) choose to replicate the program, they are welcome to do so, as each Paslon has its own set of programs. "We welcome it because indeed each Paslon has its own program. So if some want to continue the policy in Jakarta, please," he said.

Usamah added that AMIN will focus more on increasing the purchasing power of the people by providing affordable basic necessities, ensuring sufficient food supply, and facilitating job opportunities.

Thus, Usamah states that when all these are realized, purchasing power will increase, allowing citizens to provide nutritious meals for their children in the future. "What we will do is increase purchasing power so that people have the ability to provide food for their children and get sufficient nutrition.

Free lunch is one of the programs offered by the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka pair. The National Campaign Team for Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka or TKN Prabowo-Gibran, Rosan Roeslani, claims that their free lunch program has garnered significant interest from the public. According to him, based on initial evaluations, the number of free lunches they provided was insufficient to meet public demand. Rosan states that people are grateful because their team provides free lunches.

TKN Prabowo-Gibran officially launched the free lunch program for schoolchildren and simultaneous nutritional assistance for children and pregnant women from the first day of the 2024 General Election campaign on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

Rosan expresses that their campaign's unique approach of providing free meals aims to distinguish itself from typical political campaigns.

The Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU RI) has officially designated three pairs of presidential and vice-presidential candidates as participants in the 2024 Presidential Election: Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar with number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka with number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD with number 3. The KPU has also set the campaign period from November 28, 2023, to February 10, 2024, with the voting scheduled for February 14, 2024.

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