JAKARTA – WE declarator, Gatot Nurmantyo, suggested that the government should issue e-Rupiah. It’s to address Indonesia’s economic problems due to the global pandemic COVID-19. So what is e-Rupiah? According to Gatot, we can find some practice of the e-Rupiah concept in everyday life. Such as paying for toll roads, public transportation, and online services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital and banking platforms adopted non-cash transactions. “Our suggestion needs to be discussed by the government to issue e-Rupiah. Only for transactions between e-Rupiahs,” said Gatot. During the WE declaration event at the Proclamation Monument, Jakarta on Tuesday, August 18. E-Rupiah is nothing new. It’s the idea of Bank Indonesia (BI) governor, Agus Martowardojo, two years ago. At the time, the central bank was studying the issuance of rupiah in digital form. It is adopting the use of virtual currency that has also been done by central banks in other...