Gerindra Instructs Cadres Owning Nutritional Service Units to Adhere Strictly to SOPs

Jakarta – Deputy Chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) Central Executive Board, Prasetyo Hadi, has emphasised that Gerindra cadres who own Nutritional Service Fulfilment Units (SPPG) must manage their free nutritious meal (MBG) kitchens in accordance with established standard operating procedures (SOPs). ‘What is not allowed is violating the rules of the game or the SOPs that have been set, including, pardon me, I am speaking not as the Minister of State Secretary but as a Gerindra Party cadre, because the party’s name has been dragged into this. But what we can convey on behalf of the party is that there is certainly no such institutional instruction [to own an SPPG],’ he stated in Jakarta on Thursday. Prasetyo stressed that the Gerindra central board has repeatedly emphasised to party members who own SPPGs that they must maintain quality according to the standards that have been set. He added that the government is currently striving to accelerate the distribution of MBG to underdeveloped, frontier, and outermost (3T) regions, as well as to pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and toddlers (3B). ‘We are currently working hard so that our brothers and sisters can benefit from this MBG Programme, including a significant increase in the last two weeks concerning beneficiaries referred to as 3B. We ask for your support and prayers as we work hard on this reorganisation,’ he said. Prasetyo, who also serves as Minister of State Secretary, stated that the target for improving the governance of the MBG Programme would be completed within one month. ‘We are targeting completion within this first month. However, given the dynamics, the priority remains that what is already running must continue without disruption. All aspects of the MBG improvement, not just the motorcycle issue, will be reviewed,’ he said. He confirmed that one direction for governance reform involves the closure of SPPGs that do not comply with SOPs or if there is an oversupply of MBG kitchens in a single area. ‘We are targeting completion within this first month, but naturally there are dynamics. The emphasis is that what is already operating must continue without disruption, records of improvement must be continuously addressed, and even good operations must be supervised so quality can be maintained because we do not want any decline,’ he concluded.