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        "msgid": "nasdem-legislator-rejects-new-portal-for-free-nutritious-meal-monitoring-1785239959",
        "date": "2026-07-28 18:04:35",
        "title": "NasDem Legislator Rejects New Portal for Free Nutritious Meal Monitoring",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "A NasDem Party legislator has urged the National Nutrition Agency to scrap plans for a new digital monitoring system for the free nutritious meal programme, arguing the existing system is sufficient. Irma Suryani Chaniago stressed that the budget should instead be used to improve programme governance and address underperforming kitchens. The agency's head had proposed the portal to enhance transparency and allow parents to monitor their children's meals.",
        "content": "<p>Member of Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR), Irma\nSuryani Chaniago, has responded to the National Nutrition Agency\u2019s (BGN)\nplan to prepare a new digital system as a channel for monitoring the\nimplementation of the free nutritious meal (MBG) programme. Irma has\nasked the BGN to cancel the procurement of the new portal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe BGN actually already has a service unit review system for\nnutrition fulfilment,\u201d said Irma at the DPR complex in Jakarta on\nTuesday, 28 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The NasDem Party politician said the existing oversight system\nperforms the same function as the system the BGN intends to build under\nSudaryono\u2019s leadership. \u201cThe budget must not be wasted,\u201d said Irma.<\/p>\n<p>She therefore hopes the available budget will instead be focused on\nimproving the governance of the MBG programme\u2019s implementation. She also\ntouched on the continued existence of nutritious meal kitchens that\ncarry out food production and distribution without meeting\nstandards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKitchens like those should be suspended so that beneficiaries are\nnot harmed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, BGN chief Sudaryono said his agency would create a new\ndigital MBG monitoring system with the aim of allowing parents of\nbeneficiary pupils to monitor the menus consumed by their children.\n\u201cParents will later be able to find out which schools are receiving\nservices, what menus are being served, which kitchen the food is cooked\nin, and who the kitchen head responsible is,\u201d said Sudaryono on Monday,\n27 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>He said the creation of the digital monitoring system is an effort to\nbring transparency to the MBG programme\u2019s implementation. According to\nhim, the previous digital system was largely carried out manually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpenness of information is not only intended to provide ease of\naccess to the public, but also serves as an instrument of joint\noversight,\u201d said the Gerindra Party politician.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/nasdem-legislator-rejects-new-portal-for-free-nutritious-meal-monitoring-1785239959",
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