The New Normal Policy From Jokowi Is Opposed by This DPR Member

News24xx.com - House of Representatives Commission IX member Netty Prasetyani rejected plans to implement a new normal policy launched by Indonesian President Joko Widodo amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Aside from being in a hurry, another reason for this rejection is because the number of Covid-19 cases in the country is still high. What's worse is that it hasn't shown a decline yet.

Not to mention that all this time he considered that the handling of Covid-19 by the government was considered messy, both in terms of prevention and control.

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"This new normal policy must be rejected because it is very rushed and alarming. Co-19 cases in our country are also still high and there are no significant signs of decline. Data as of Tuesday, May 26, 2020 alone there were 415 new cases with a total of 23,165 patients positive throughout Indonesia, "he explained quoted from republika.co.id, Friday, May 29, 2020.

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While the WHO version, countries that do the new normal only apply to countries that have successfully resisted Covid-19.

"While we are still far from successful, why do we want to immediately apply new normal?"

Some countries that succeeded in fighting Corona such as New Zealand, China, Vietnam, Germany, Taiwan, and other countries.