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View all search resultsRidwan calls for shorter year-end holiday
The government had canceled the collective leave days allocated for Idul Fitri this year because of the pandemic, tacking them on to the end of the year to make up for the lost days off.
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est Java Governor Ridwan Kamil has suggested that the central government reduce the number of collective leave days set for the Christmas and New Year break and instead shorten the year-end holiday to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The government had canceled the collective leave days allocated for Idul Fitri this year because of the pandemic, tacking them on to the end of the year to make up for the lost days off.
The governor emphasized, however, that this time, the government should reduce the number of collective leave days instead of removing them altogether.
“I’m leaning toward reducing [the collective leave days],” he said on Saturday.
He said canceling the year-end long holiday would hit the economy, but conceded that he feared the prolonged break, scheduled to run from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1, 2021, could lead to a spike in new COVID-19 cases — such as what happened after the long weekends of August and October.
“It would be really hard for us to handle.”
The 11-day year-end break will comprise the usual two-day Christmas holiday on Dec. 24 and 25, then the Nov. 26 and 27 weekend, followed by the lost collective leave days of Idul Fitri, from Dec. 28 to 31, New Year’s Day and then the weekend of Jan. 2 and 3, 2021.
