During a teleconference cabinet meeting from the Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, on Monday, Jokowi called for enforcing greater discipline in implementing large-scale social distancing, coupled with a civil emergency policy to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
"In implementing large-scale social distancing, I call for clearer regulations to be prepared as guidelines for the provincial, regency, and city administrations, so they can work," the president added.
Jokowi has also reiterated that the policy on health quarantine, including regional quarantine, comes under the jurisdiction of the central government and cannot be issued by regional administrations.
"I reminded here that the policy on health quarantine, including regional quarantine, comes under the authority of the central government and not the local governments," he reiterated.
The president has appealed to all ministers and regional leaders to harbor a common vision and policy designed after taking into account the social and economic impacts.
"I am optimistic that all ministers can assure that central and regional governments would harbor a common vision and policy. All should have been calculated, both in terms of the health impact as well as the social and economic impacts," he stated.
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