Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement
[5] On 21 July 2021, Tito Karnavian as Minister of Home Affairs announced a new term regarding the CARE mechanism with a scale from the first to the fourth level.[8] There are four elements used as parameters for provinces, districts, or cities in the implementation of CARE, namely having[53] Restrictions on community activities are regulated in the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 1 of 2021, namely:[53] The government has extended the CARE through the Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 2 of 2021.However, in contrast to PPKM, in micro PPKM there are arrangements regarding the establishment of COVID-19 handling posts at village and sub-district levels,[55] the operating hours of shopping centers/malls are more loosely regulated, namely until 9:00 PM WIB (Indonesian Western Time), as well as looser office restrictions, namely 50% working from the office and 50% working from home.[66] In February 2021, an epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, assessed that the implementation of CARE was still ineffective.[67] Trubus Rahardiansyah, a public policy observer, views the implementation of micro CARE as "confusing and counterproductive".[71] In June 2021, Kurniasih Mufidayati, a member of the House of Representatives Commission IX of the PKS Faction, emphasized the government's obligations as stated in Law Number 6 of 2018 concerning Health Quarantine.[72][73] Chairperson of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, Asfinawati, assessed that the implementation of restrictions such as PSBB and CARE is one of the government's options to avoid the obligation to fulfill basic needs as stipulated in the Quarantine Law.The general chairman of the Indonesian Employers' Association, Hariyadi Sukamdani, is concerned that the emergency CARE will disrupt the cash flows of several companies and potentially lead to bankruptcy.He also stated that the reduction in operating hours and closing of traditional markets led to an increase in several basic commodities.