Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, the president-elect for the 2024-2029 period, wants to execute the program of providing free nutritious food for school children to run efficiently without any leakage.
How this will be realized was thoroughly discussed in an exclusive interview by Prabowo on tvOne entitled “Prabowo Subianto Speaks for Indonesia,” which aired on Wednesday night, May 22.
Prabowo stated that the budget for the nutritious food program for students in schools has been calculated and he is optimistic about being able to realize it.
“We have calculated that we are able to do it, the issue of organization, we are not necessarily thinking about it, whether it needs a special ministry or just a body, I think it’s not the organization, but what’s important is the scheme, the system, until it is realized to the children accurately,” explained Prabowo.
Prabowo said that he is striving to ensure that there are no leaks in the implementation of the program in his future government.
“The problem is, I have been talking about this for a long time, there is a phenomenon as a nation’s child that we are aware that there are many leaks in our nation. Now, how do we make a scheme efficiently and well, with no leakage to our children,” said Prabowo.
Regarding the distribution of free milk to children throughout Indonesia, it will also be carried out according to the typology of each region.
Prabowo gave an example in one region in Southwest Maluku, namely Moa Island, where the area often produces buffalo milk. Therefore, it is not difficult to obtain milk that can be reached by children in the Moa region.
“And the issue of milk. We will see that it depends on the region, for example Southwest Maluku, Moa Island, they have a lot of buffalo milk, there are buffaloes there, enough buffalo milk, there are also areas with a lot of goats, so they can get goat milk and we need to look at this,” explained Prabowo.
Meanwhile, in other regions where it is difficult to obtain a source of milk, the focus can be on distributing nutritious food ingredients such as fish and eggs evenly.
“If we look at the protein in milk, it turns out that the protein and minerals and substances in eggs are better than milk, experts have told me. Eggs can be cheaper than milk in a certain area, so we can concentrate on eggs, fish, and so on,” continued Prabowo.
Therefore, Prabowo emphasizes that the distribution of nutritious food and free milk to children in Indonesia will be flexible according to the typology of each region.
“So, we have to adjust our plans to the different typologies and conditions of each region. We should not standardize one pattern in Indonesia, there are mountainous regions, coastal areas, islands. So, we always have to be flexible, the most important thing is that our children get nutritious food. I think that’s our goal,” Prabowo concluded.
