TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi said that he once shouted at the President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) Nicke Widyawati. This is because Pertamina has been slow in executing the investment in the PT Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI) refinery project.
“The investment of US$ 3.8 billion has been around for years, before we were there, then there was a problem, we haven’t gone yet,” said Jokowi in a video uploaded to the Presidential Secretariat’s Youtube account, Saturday, November 20, 2021.
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It says things TPPI It has been his concern since he was inaugurated in 2014. He said that at that time he immediately monitored the TPPI because he knew that the project could solve many things if the road were to be completed.
“All of these imported substitutes are there. Everything. There are many derivatives of petrochemicals, petrochemicals there,” said Jokowi.
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Because of that, he said, when he last monitored him there, he had yelled at the CEO Pertamina because of that question.
“So when I went there the last time, Mrs. President Director, I shouted that story because it was true, he was told the same thing. ‘Mom, no no no, I don’t want to tell that story again, I have heard it from the stories of previous president directors.’ I’m outspoken, it’s normal,” Jokowi said.
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