Jakarta, Feb. 4 -- Presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo offered three strategic steps aimed at strengthening the sovereignty of Indonesia's information technology (IT) and telecommunication manufacturing sectors in the final debate of the 2024 presidential election.

The first step, he said, concerns the need to encourage private actors running gadget businesses to promote their products on E-Katalog, the government's online procurement system.

"We have private actors running gadget businesses in Semarang. The prices are affordable and cheaper. We can help them by involving them in the E-Katalog system," he remarked in the debate held by the General Elections Commission (KPU) in Jakarta on Sunday evening.

He then elaborated on the seco...