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        "id": 1855407,
        "msgid": "economist-says-red-and-white-village-cooperatives-align-with-founding-fathers-ideas-1783864276",
        "date": "2026-07-12 19:30:00",
        "title": "Economist Says 'Red and White' Village Cooperatives Align with Founding-Fathers' Ideas",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "berita",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Economist Dr. Surya Vandiantara argues that the Kopdes Merah Putih (Red and White Village Cooperatives) programme is conceptually aligned with the economic vision of Indonesia's founding fathers, as enshrined in Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution. He highlights that the programme adapts the traditional cooperative principle of mutual assistance by substituting member contributions with state funds derived from taxes. This innovation aims to overcome the classic barrier of low public participation due to the inability to pay mandatory savings, thereby extending the benefits of the cooperative model to the grassroots level.",
        "content": "<p>Economist Dr.\u00a0Surya Vandiantara stated that the Kopdes Merah Putih\n(Red and White Village Cooperatives) programme is conceptually aligned\nwith the ideas of Indonesia\u2019s founding fathers. Article 33 of the 1945\nConstitution stipulates that the Indonesian economy is structured as a\njoint effort based on the principle of kinship. One implementation of\nthis article is the cooperative, through which economic development can\nbe pursued without discriminating against class or social groups. \u201cThe\nmain idea behind the establishment of cooperatives by our founding\nfathers was to advance the economy through mutual cooperation without\ndiscriminating against any class or group in society,\u201d Surya said in a\nstatement on Sunday, 12 July 2026. According to Surya, one of the main\ncharacteristics of a cooperative is mutual cooperation. The community\npools funds as collective capital, which can then be used to help fellow\nmembers through savings and loans. The profit from these member loans is\nultimately returned to the cooperative members to be enjoyed together in\nthe form of SHU (Sisa Hasil Usaha). \u201cThis principle of mutual\ncooperation, in the savings and loan cooperative scheme, is implemented\nthrough members\u2019 principal savings and mandatory savings, where this\nmoney can later provide assistance or relief in the form of loans to\nother cooperative members for both productive and consumptive\nactivities,\u201d he explained. Through the Kopdes Merah Putih programme,\nSurya said the government is essentially trying to push this cooperative\nconcept down to the grassroots level. State intervention is carried out\nby substituting the cooperative\u2019s capital source from member\ncontributions to tax revenue, but the principle of mutual cooperation\nremains. \u201cUnlike savings and loan cooperatives that rely on collecting\nfunds from members\u2019 principal and mandatory savings, the management of\nKopdes Merah Putih relies on tax revenue collected from the public to\nhelp other members of society. Thus, the principle of mutual\ncooperation, which is the main principle of cooperatives, remains the\nprimary foundation,\u201d he clarified. This intervention, according to\nSurya, can bridge the classic problem of cooperatives, where people are\nreluctant to join due to the inability to pay principal and mandatory\nsavings. Despite this, the benefits can be felt by the wider community.\n\u201cThis Kopdes Merah Putih innovation is also capable of answering the\nclassic problem of previous cooperatives, which struggled to invite\npeople to become members due to the inability to pay principal and\nmandatory savings,\u201d he explained.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/economist-says-red-and-white-village-cooperatives-align-with-founding-fathers-ideas-1783864276",
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