"The establishment of this National Committee will be a positive first step towards equality or equity for people with disabilities, to create an inclusive, disability-friendly Indonesia environment," she remarked at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday.
She delivered the statement after President Joko Widodo inducted seven commissioners into the committee.
The National Committee for Disabilities comprises seven commissioners, including a chairman and a deputy chairman, she informed. The seven commissioners comprise four people with disabilities and three able-bodied people, she added.
"This means that this is a form of inclusivity," she remarked.
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The special staff also said that the move emphasized the government's commitment to upholding the rights of people with disabilities by protecting and respecting them.
"The seven commissioners have gone through various phases, in which the selection committee has succeeded in creating candidate of leaders who will lead the National Committee for Disabilities," Yudistia revealed.
She described the establishment of the committee as a milestone for Indonesia. The creation of the committee is in accordance with Law Number 8 of 2016 regarding people with disabilities, and it is further reinforced by Presidential Regulation Number 68 of 2020 about the National Committee for Disabilities, she said.
Yudistia emphasized that the committee is proof that people with disabilities have the capability to contribute to national development.
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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