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Minister of Finance
Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa
push
mass media
continue to speak out and criticize government policies if they are not in accordance with the interests of the people.According to him, this is for the sake of increasing domestic economic growth.
Purbaya said that the media business is currently declining as a result of journalists being less vocal about previous government policies, so that the economy is sluggish and this has an impact on news agencies.
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“Earlier I also had a discussion with the editors
groaned
, he said business
journalism
, the media is down again.”I said, yes, that’s because you didn’t protest enough yesterday, so the economy fell, you just kept quiet,” said Purbaya at the event.
Run for Good Journalism
‘, quoted from
Between
, Sunday (16/11).
He even said that the economic downturn for some time was partly caused by the mass media not being vocal.Therefore, in the future he asked the media to speak out loud.
“In the future, we must criticize, give input so that the economy doesn’t fall again. So, if the economy slows down, journalists are also guilty,” he added.
Although, in his leadership at the Ministry of Finance, he predicted that the economy would grow rapidly.In the fourth quarter, it is projected to grow above 5.5 percent.
“I think that in the fourth quarter, the economy can grow above 5.5 percent, maybe 5.6 percent, 5.7 percent. The important thing is, previously it was going to go down, we have started to go back there, in an even faster direction,” he explained.
Press Freedom Index
Based on data from the Press Council, the Indonesian Press Freedom Index (IKP) will decline again in 2024 with a score of 69.36.This figure decreased by 2 points from the previous year of 71.57.
Indonesia’s 2024 IKP score was also recorded as the lowest since 2019, when it dropped to a score of 73.01.
The figures achieved this time also show the trend in national press freedom which has continued to decline in the past two years.This can be seen from the IKP score achieved over the past two years.
In 2022, Indonesia’s IKP score will be 77.78.This figure will fall 6 points to 71.57 in 2023. The decline will continue until this year.
Meanwhile, from the data
Reporters Without Borders
, Indonesia’s press freedom position is ranked 127th out of 180 countries in 2025. This score is 44.13 (on a scale of 0-100), which is classified as a ‘difficult situation’ for press freedom.
(ldy/dmi)
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