Public acceptance on the adoption of new normal regulations in Indonesia

ABSTRACT

Indonesia has implemented the emergency handling-policy of COVID-19 since early March 2020, followed by applying the regional quarantine-policy of Large-Scale Social Restrictions (Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar/PSBB) starting from April 10, 2020, in Jakarta. Subsequently, the policy is also adopted by several satellite cities, provinces, districts, and/or cities where the number of infected individuals by COVID-19 increases. The objective of the research is to measure the public acceptance of the adoption of the New Normal regulations in Indonesia. All the participants have received information about the New Normal rules that describes the needs of the regulations. Their opinions in these regards are gathered by using a questionnaire and analyzed. Specific attention is given to opinions regarding the crowd-size limitation and the responses are factored according to the participants’ gender and age. This particular rule has received mixed responses. The research concludes that in general, the Indonesian public accepts and adheres to the New Normal regulations. © 2021 ICIC International.