Sumedang, West Java, June 25 -- Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar stated that poverty alleviation must be based on empowerment, not merely the distribution of social assistance.

"We educate our people not to wait for social assistance but also to utilize our State Budget for empowerment and to be independent," he remarked on the sidelines of the Regional Head Retreat Batch II at IPDN, Jatinangor, on Wednesday.

To effectively implement Presidential Instruction Number 8 of 2025, he outlined three main policy frameworks that regional heads must follow.

The first is to reduce community spending through the availability of public facilities, infrastructure, and transportation, as well as by lowering the...