Yudhoyono Calls for Decentralised Regulation to Deal With Hunger
Tempo Interactive, Monday, 24 May, 2010 | 20:12 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suggested that a specific regulation on emergency procedures in dealing with hunger or lack of food supplies for provincial governments, in a bid to shift some of the responsibilities of the central government to regional authorities.
In a speech at the opening of day of Food Resilience Council conference on “Improving regional commitments to build supply independency and the speed up for food differentiation, Yudhoyono said “Lets make the rule of the game to improve accountabilty.”
Yudhoyono said regents should move to overcome hunger at subdistrict levels, while governors will assume responsibility when the plague moves beyond regencies. “When (the hunger) hit several provinces then I and the minister will responsible.”
Yudhoyono told regional authorities to relieve some of the burden from the central government and immediately abandon their focus on investments or development projects and swing their full efforts on the issue whenever it occurred.
He further proded regional authorities for their intentional approaches to the grass root during election time, and instructed local governments to build more intense communications with the public. “When the market goes weird please have a close look. The same measure applies in addressing public complaints and media reports.”
EKO ARI WIBOWO
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