4,000 families miss cash aid

4,000 families miss cash aid

TANGERANG: The Tangerang Regental Council called on the local
branch of the Central Statistics Agency to reregister low-income
families in the regency, following reports that some 4,000 poor
families had not received the cash assistance.

"We demand that the BPS include 4,000 low-income families on
the list of recipients of the government's cash assistance,"
speaker of the Tangerang Regental Council Endang Sujana was
quoted by Antara as saying on Sunday.

He said that the Tangerang Regental Administration proposed
the inclusion of 158,009 families to receive direct cash
assistance of Rp 100,000 per month.

But, BPS only registered 154,607 families on its list.

According to Endang, the poor families lived in the districts
of Rajeg, Kronjo, Kresek, Mauk, Sepatan and Pakuhaji.

"BPS should immediately reregister poor families to prevent
social unrest," said Endang, who said that the disbursement of
the funds had caused jealousy among the people because not all
poor families received the money.

Previously, Regent Ismet Iskandar made a similar statement,
saying that there were still poor families that had not received
the cash aid.