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JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 3, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The president of Indonesia decreed last month that steep financial penalties could be imposed on citizens who do not comply with mandatory vaccination drives for the COVID-19 jab, including fines and the removal of social welfare benefits.
Jakarta, the nation’s bustling capital, houses some 10 million people and is the first region in the country, and the world, to put the new rules into action, imposing fines up to 5 million Indonesian rupiah (approx. $350) for vaccine non-compliance. The remaining 33 provinces, which have prerogative in applying the president’s new rules, have not yet elected to impose the harsh penalties.
Jakarta’s deputy governor Ahmad Riza Patria defended the new enforcement measures, warning any potential dissenters, “If you reject it, there are two things, social aid will not be given, [and a] fine.” A health ministry official, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, qualified that “[s]anctions are our last effort to encourage people’s participation,” as the country prepares to inject a “target of 181.5 million people.”
Indonesia’s health ministry reported that 65% of Indonesians are willing to
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