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so they can obtain social assistance while we evaluate the preemployment card program," she
said in a hearing with House of Representatives Commission IX overseeing labor affairs.

ICW reports preemployment program to Indonesian Ombudsman for alleged maladministration
Ida said that up to 1.7 million people had been laid off or furloughed due to the COVID-19
outbreak and that the government had prioritized them as preemployment card beneficiaries.

She said the government's number was different from that of the Indonesian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (Kadin), which recorded 6.4 million workers laid off or furloughed amid
the epidemic.

The preemployment card committee suspended the program after discovering that the bundles
offered by the program's partners, such as Skill Academy by Ruangguru, MauBelajarApa,
Pintaria, Sekolahmu and Pijar Mahir had no mechanism to ensure that buyers actually completed
the course package before they received cash incentives.

The Corruption Eradication Commission recently found several irregularities in the program,
including the potential for conflict of interest and the availability of some of the courses for free
on other platforms.

Experts criticized the program, say it needed to be converted to full-fledged cash aid that
would be more useful for laid off and furloughed workers..

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