Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK), through Nurhasan Zaidi, chairman of the Union of Muslims (PUI), said the office hours for working mothers should be reduced so they have more time to care for their children at home.

Nurhasan said he met with JK at the Vice President’s office today to discuss other matters, but JK spoke about his desire to reduce office hours for working mothers out of the blue.

“He (JK) received a text about the worrying future of the nation’s children, so he spoke about [the reduction of office hours] reflexively,” Nurhasan said, as quoted by VivaNews.

Nurhasan said JK believes that children need their mothers’ personal touch while growing up.

“Women have rights and responsibilities. He (JK) suggested that office hours should be reduced, because women are responsible for caring for our future generations,” Nurhasan said.

“It’s like that in Japan. Women’s [working rights] are limited so they can dedicate more attention to children. Children need their mothers’ touch,” he continued.

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