Magelang, July 23 -- Minister of Population and Family Development/Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) Wihaji emphasized that the future of Indonesia's demographic development lies in the hands of family planning (FP) counselors.

"I consider the issue of family planning resolved. What remains is prioritizing FP services -- who provides those services? It is the counselors across Indonesia, particularly here in Central Java," he remarked at the opening of the Sports and Arts Week (Porseni) of the Indonesian Family Planning Counselors Association (IPeKB) Central Java chapter, held at the Samapta Sports Hall in Magelang City on Wednesday.

According to Wihaji, those serving as FP counselors are the very indivi...