Extra holidays for declining GNP?

Extra holidays for declining GNP?

From Kompas

Granting extra holidays while the country's gross national product (GNP) is declining is something that common sense cannot accept. Decreasing income should be offset by harder work instead of more holidays.

The government has decided that religious holidays falling on Sundays will be shifted to Mondays to give people extra days off.

By working harder, a nation can make products competitive on the international market so that the GNP will rise according to the standards of advanced countries.

In this case, the minister of trade and industry should be involved in evaluating the downtrend in productivity as a result of less working hours, and a decision to have fewer holidays should be made in a presidential decree. Those who have their own businesses are certainly free to enjoy holidays.

YONG LIE Jakarta