Kunjungi Pasar Citeko, Jokowi Cek Stok dan Harga Pangan
President Jokowi Checks Food Commodity Prices at Citeko Market
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Purwakarta, Jabar [B2B] - Presiden RI Joko Widodo (Jokowi) menyampaikan sejumlah harga dari komoditas pangan seperti cabai mengalami kenaikan yang tinggi di pasaran.
Hal ini disampaikan Jokowi saat meninjau harga bahan pangan di Pasar Citeko, Kabupaten Purwakarta, Provinsi Jawa Barat, pada Kamis [9/11].
Meski demikian, Jokowi menyebut harga komoditas lain saat ini masih dalam kondisi stabil.
“Kalau yang naik tinggi memang cabai, tapi ini kan selalu, cabai itu musiman. Kalau pas musimnya seperti ini cabai pasti tadi sudah mencapai memang 100 ribu [rupiah], tapi yang lain-lain saya lihat bawang merah, bawang putih, telur semuanya kondisi stabil,” kata Jokowi kepada awak media di Purwakarta.
Sementara itu untuk bahan pangan pokok seperti beras, Jokowi menuturkan bahwa pemerintah terus berupaya menjaga stabilitas harga di pasar. Hingga saat ini, Jokowi mengatakan bahwa harga beras masih cukup stabil.
"Memang sampai saat ini belum bisa turun secara drastis, tetapi paling tidak sudah tidak naik," ujarnya.
Pada kesempatan tersebut, Jokowi juga menegaskan upaya pemerintah dalam menurunkan harga beras dengan memberikan bantuan pangan beras kepada para penerima manfaat.
Selain itu, pemerintah juga terus melakukan operasi pasar dan memaksimalkan pendistribusian beras program stabilisasi pasokan dan harga pangan [SPHP] guna memastikan kebutuhan pangan terpenuhi.
"Ini yang, kita kan lakukan ya ada operasi pasar ada, kemudian beras SPHP ada, yang bantuan pangan beras 10 kg untuk 21,3 juta masyarakat juga sudah. Sebenarnya sudah dioperasi melalui semua sudut, tetapi memang harga internasionalnya memang semua naik," lanjutnya.
Selain meninjau harga pangan, dalam kunjungannya ke Pasar Citeko, Jokowi juga turut menyerahkan bantuan sosial kepada para pedagang pasar dan kaki lima.
Purwakarta of West Java [B2B] - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that a number of prices for food commodities such as chilies had experienced high increases on the market.
Jokowi conveyed this when reviewing food prices at Citeko Market, Purwakarta Regency, West Java Province, on Thursday [9/11].
However, Jokowi said that prices of other commodities are currently still in a stable condition.
"It's the chilies that rise high, but this is always the case, chilies are seasonal. "If it was the season like this, chilies would have already reached 100 thousand [rupiah], but other things I saw were onions, garlic and eggs, all of which were in stable condition," Jokowi told media crew in Purwakarta.
Meanwhile, for staple foods such as rice, Jokowi said that the government continues to strive to maintain price stability in the market. Until now, Jokowi said that rice prices were still quite stable.
"Indeed, until now it has not been able to decrease drastically, but at least it has not increased," he said.
On this occasion, Jokowi also emphasized the government's efforts to reduce rice prices by providing rice food assistance to beneficiaries.
Apart from that, the government also continues to carry out market operations and maximize distribution of rice through the food supply and price stabilization program [SPHP] to ensure food needs are met.
"This is what we are doing, yes, there is a market operation, then there is SPHP rice, which is also 10 kg rice food aid for 21.3 million people. In fact, it has been operated from all angles, but indeed the international prices have all gone up," he continued
Apart from reviewing food prices, during his visit to Citeko Market, Jokowi also handed over social assistance to market and street vendors.
