2024-08-25 13:05:44
Prospective East Java Governor candidate Khofifah Indar Parawansa. Doc: source for JPNN.
jpnn.comSURABAYA – East Java (Jatim) Governor for the 2019-2024 period Khofifah Indar Parawansa is the best figure to be the people’s choice for the regional elections. Khofifah’s great work is able to bring much progress to East Java in the future.
The General Chairperson of the Executive Board (PB) of the Islamic Students Association (HMI), Bagas Kurniawan, assessed that Khofifah has a real work commitment to improve the welfare of the community. The results can be seen from a number of achievements that have had a significant positive impact.
“I see that East Java is making strides to become one of the advanced provinces, with quite good statistics and progress in Indonesia,” said Bagas in Surabaya, Saturday (24/8).
For example, Khofifah’s success in reducing poverty rates in East Java. Data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) states that the poverty rate in East Java in the period 2021-2023 fell by 383,920 people. The highest decline rate among other provinces throughout Indonesia.
The extreme poverty rate in East Java in 2020 was 4.4 percent or equivalent to 1,812,210 people, dropping to 0.82 percent or equivalent to 331,970 people by 2023. This means that Khofifah has succeeded in reducing extreme poverty by 3.58 percent or equivalent to 1,480,140 people.
He considered that the series of successes must certainly be continued to further encourage progress for East Java in the next five years. More than proud, Khofifah’s successful leadership has inspired many people.
The impact has increasingly encouraged many people to see Khofifah lead East Java again in the future. Moreover, Khofifah has been so successful in leading East Java with many great achievements.
For example, referring to the Human Development Index (HDI) in East Java, it continues to increase until the end of 2023. As of December 1, 2023, East Java’s HDI was recorded at 74.65, an increase of 3.15 percent during the 2019-2023 period.
Khofifah Indar Parawansa’s leadership is considered to have brought the East Java region to greater progress.