Prabowo Subianto Vows to Increase Salaries of Teachers, Civil Servants, TNI, Police Officers and Agricultural Instructors

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Presidential candidate number 2 Prabowo Subianto said that his party would increase the salaries of State Civil Servants or ASN, TNI (National Army) officers, Polri (National Police) officers, and teachers, including honorary ones. According to him, this is important to do to improve their quality of life.

This was conveyed by Prabowo when conveying his vision, mission and work program at the presidential candidate debate at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Senayan, Jakarta on Sunday, February 4 2024.

Prabowo said that he believes that education is a strategic sector. Because of this, he promised to improve teacher salaries and also increase their competence with the necessary training. "We believe that for strategic education, we must improve teacher salaries, including honorary salaries, increase teacher competency, we must provide training and upgrading," he said.

Not only that, Prabowo also promised to increase the salaries of ASN, TNI, Polri and agricultural instructors throughout Indonesia. "We have to improve their salaries so that their quality of life is good so they provide the best possible service to the people," said Prabowo.

In the education sector, Prabowo will also provide scholarships for students to study abroad. Students who receive scholarships are expected to study various sciences. "We will also send 10 thousand smart children, from high school graduates we will give scholarships abroad to study medicine and another 10 thousand to study science, technology and engineering, mathematics, chemistry, biology and physics. That's when we take technology, we take science," said Prabowo.

The final presidential candidate debate for the 2024 election will be held today, Sunday, February 4, 2024, at 19:00 WIB (Western Indonesian Time), at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Senayan, Central Jakarta. This debate was attended by presidential candidates Anies Baswedan, Prabowo Subianto, and Ganjar Pranowo. The theme of this debate will be education, health, employment, culture, information technology and social welfare and inclusion.

The Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) on Monday, November 13, 2023, determined three prospective pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates to be participants in the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Election (Pilpres).

The results of the drawing and determining the serial numbers for the 2024 presidential election participants on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the pair Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar with serial number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka with serial number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md with serial number 3.

The KPU has also set a campaign period from 28th November 2023 to 10th February 2024, then the voting schedule is on 14th February 2024.

YOHANES MAHARSO JOHARSOYO

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