Stable food prices | Jakarta newspaper

President Jokowi said the government is often in a difficult position with regard to the price of food.

TANGERANG – President Joko Widodo went to the Anyar Market, in Tangerang City, Banten, to verify the veracity of a number of parties who said the prices of the products on the market had rose, Sunday (4/11) morning.

"This morning at 6 am I entered the Anyar market, what's on the market, because some say the price is going up," Jokowi said, addressing 1,000 female candidates. JHL Solitaire Hotel, in Tangerang City, Banten, Sunday afternoon.Jokowi went on Sunday morning to the traditional Anyar Market, in Tangerang City, Banten, for help from a green bike-style tracker.

Jokowi arrived around 6:30 am and stopped right at the mouth of the market alley. He was wearing a typical red jacket from a motorcycle boy. Jokowi's presence was already known to residents on the market. In front of 1,000 candidates at JHL Solitaire Hotel, in Tangerang City, Jokowi recounted his experience when he went to Pasar Anyar.

The head of state claimed that the blusukan had been made because he wanted to prove that the prices of goods and food had increased. Suddenly, the candidates who attended the event shouted: "lie". "Yes, I want to prove it," continued Jokowi.

After a dialogue with sellers and buyers of the Anyar market, Mr Jokowi said that it had appeared that the prices of a number of food products on the market were clbadified as stable. For example, chicken eggs cost 22,000 rupees per kilogram and tempeh 5,000 rupees per stick. Others are also stable, including rice.

Negative impact

He said he was surprised by those who said that food prices had gone up. Indeed, the inflation rate for 2018 is only 3.5%. This number is different from that of a few years ago, with the inflation rate reaching 7 to 8%. "What does it mean? It means that prices are really under control," Jokowi said.

Therefore, the president asked the parties to stop spreading false news. Such a thing does have a negative impact on the sustainability of traditional markets. "No more need to enter, then go to the market and scream at high prices.

It's a danger. Mothers will no longer want to access traditional markets. Traders will go wild later, "said Jokowi." Beware of statements like this can hurt traditional markets and traders in the market, "he continued.

False

In addition to entering Pasar Anyar and making a speech in front of 1,000 candidates at the JHL Solitaire Hotel in Tangerang City, Jokowi also handed out 6,000 land certificates to residents of Tangerang City. The president also met kiai and santri at the Darul Hikmah Islamic Boarding School, Jalan Surya Kencana Raya, in Pamulang, south of Tangerang.

Jokowi said the government is often in a difficult position with regard to food prices. "Indeed, the government is often in a difficult position because maintaining the price equilibrium is not easy," said Jokowi. "If, for example, the price of eggs rises, consumers shout. But if the price goes down, farmers will scream, do not go down because we are losing, "he continued.

Similarly the price of chicken meat. If the government intervenes so that the price of chicken meat is too low, this benefits consumers on the one hand. But on the other hand, these price conditions mean that chicken farmers also lose a lot.

"Therefore, the government's duty is to keep prices stable, consumers can buy at an affordable price and farmers can benefit from it," he said.

Ant / P-4