Civil servants in the province are required to wear locally made shoes or face a heavy punishment – 200 push-ups, West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan announced on Tuesday.

The policy was announced during the launch of "The Use of Shoes Made in Indonesia" campaign. Heryawan said, as reported on Detik.com, that his office would give civil students a one-month grace period.

"In one month during the morning flag ceremony, I will call on a civil servants at random. If their shoes were made abroad, they will have to do 200 push-ups," he said. "This way, we are asking all people, especially civil servants, to side with the people" who work in local shoe manufacturing, he said.

However, Heryawan also said that this meant local shoemakers should increase the quality of their products. "All weaknesses must be improved. Local shoemakers should produce quality products, but with a price that can compete with foreign products, especially Chinese ones," he said.