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“The President has requested a reduction [in collective leave days] in regard to the year-end
holiday, including the substitute leave days for Idul Fitri,” Muhadjir said on Monday as quoted by
tribunnews.com.

He went on to say that the President had also told his ministry to organize a meeting in relation
to the matter with several ministries and government institutions.

Previously, the government had decided to reschedule the Idul Fitri collective leave, which was
initially set for May 26 to 29, to this year’s end, from Dec. 28 to 31, due to an alarming rise in
COVID-19 transmission earlier in the year.

The decision on the collective leave is stipulated in a joint decree on 2020 public holiday and
collective leave that was signed by the religious affairs, manpower and administrative and
bureaucratic reform ministers.

The Indonesian Medical Association (IDI) has also stated its concerns about possible unfavorable
outcomes from the upcoming year-end holiday and collective leave. The association suggested
the government cancel the planned holidays altogether, if necessary.

“It is the IDI’s suggestion [to cancel the year end’s collective leave plan], especially as we all
witnessed high virus transmissions following the long weekends in August and October,” said IDI
chief Daeng M. Faqih as quoted by kompas.id.

Separately, Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said last week that
there was no change in the upcoming collecting leave plans, thus far.

He further said that he awaited respective decisions made by Muhadjir and Manpower Minister
Ida Fauziyah on the matter.

The national COVID-19 task force chief, Doni Monardo, had previously said that he would suggest
the government cancel the year-end collective leave should confirmed cases continue to increase.
Tjahjo agreed on Doni’s stance.

Indonesia recorded the highest case surge in a single day at 5,444 on Nov. 13, approximately
two weeks after the country enjoyed the late October long weekend.

Meanwhile, the task force’s data and information technology head, Dewi Nur Aisyah, said in a
virtual press conference on Wednesday that it had received more reports of health-protocol
violations during the long weekend, from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, compared with normal days.

The reports were submitted by field officers, which comprise personnel from the Indonesian
Military (TNI), the National Police and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP), in 407 regencies and
cities, as well as 34 provinces.

Based on the data, in 600,000 cases per day people were discovered to have violated the health
protocols at tourist spots during the holiday. Moreover, the data also showed that over 1 million
people at tourist spots were monitored for violating the protocols.

Dewi said the rate of adherence to the mask-wearing policy on Oct. 21, a week before the
holiday, was 88.62 percent. However, this figure declined to 88.5 percent on Oct. 28. (nkn)

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