Fajarasia.co – Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, visited the Fisherman’s Village, Cangkol, Cirebon City, West Java. Puan also ensured that she was ready to provide solutions to a number of problems raised by fishermen.
During her visit, Monday (4/7/2022), Puan toured the Cangkol Fisherman’s Village settlement. He was accompanied by the Mayor of Cirebon, Nashrudin Azis and a number of members of the DPR, namely the Chairman of Commission III DPR Bambang Wuryanto, Chairman of Commission V Lasarus, Deputy Chairperson of Commission VI DPR Aria Bima, and Deputy Chairperson of Commission IX DPR Charles Honoris.
Then there is also Member of Commission III of the DPR Ahmad Basarah, Member of Commission VI of the DPR, dr. H. Mufti Aimah Nurul Anam, and Member of Commission VIII DPR My Esti Wijayati.
Not all residents in this settlement are fishermen. However, this village is inhabited by middle to lower economic class residents.
Puan had time to stop by a number of residents’ houses. One of them is the house of the Sutarma family, who works as a pedicab driver. Sutarma’s house is quite apprehensive and many of the roofs are damaged so that it leaks badly when it rains.
“We will encourage the local government to pay attention,” said Puan.
“Thank you mom. I am happy to be visited by presidential candidates,” said Sutarma.
Furthermore, Puan also had a dialogue with the fishermen who live in the surrounding area. During the dialogue, which was held under the tent, approximately 1,500 fishermen were present.
“Fishermen are elements of the Indonesian people who are very important because they provide benefits to the community. Indonesia’s extraordinary marine wealth should be able to make fishermen prosperous,” said Puan.
The first woman to serve as Chair of the Indonesian House of Representatives said that fishermen must have easy facilities and infrastructure to support their work. Because, said Puan, fishermen are one of the heroes for the progress of the nation because they work to provide nutritional intake for the community.
“The DPR RI will continue to fight for fishermen to be more prosperous, which means their income will increase and their burden will decrease,” he said.
There are several things that are of concern to Mrs. Starting from the problem of ships, diesel fuel, cold storage, to insurance owned by fishermen. He asked fishermen to convey their aspirations.
A fisherman named Mulyadi represents his friends from the same profession. He said local fishermen needed a bridge to lean on the boat because the existing bridge had collapsed and was not feasible.
Another difficulty for fishermen is when they want to buy diesel fuel for boats at gas stations. The fishermen have to bring a letter to buy it, and usually diesel stocks run out quickly.
“I like ping pong, ma’am, then there is no diesel. We have accident and death insurance every year for Rp. 150 thousand/year, but paying the premium is difficult. Fishermen also need a handheld GPS to plot their way home. We usually use Garmjn, but many are damaged,” said Mulyadi.
Mulyadi also hopes that Puan can facilitate the needs of fishermen’s infrastructure with the government. He also admitted that he was happy with the visit of the grandson of the Proclaimer of the Republic of Indonesia, Bung Karno.*****
