Jakarta –
The Holding Company for Food SOEs PT Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (Persero) or ID Food cooperates with the Association of Indonesian Market Traders (APPSI) for distribution cooking oil subsidized to traders at Kramat Jati Market, Jakarta, Wednesday (16/3/2022).
This activity was carried out in response to the government’s response to APPSI’s open letter to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on March 9, 2022. In the letter, APPSI regretted the implementation of the distribution of subsidized cooking oil, which preferred to prioritize distribution through modern retail, while in the public market the policy was not clear. .
“We are from the National Food Agency together with SOE ID Food, APPSI, friends from Pasar Jaya, and the Trade Office, we are trying to redistribute bulk cooking oil which should have been priced at Rp. 14,000, but because we have planned this beforehand, we are still sticking with it. the previous price. To traders Rp 10,500 and Rp 11,500 given to friends or the public who buy, these are at 10 points in DKI,” explained Head of the National Food Agency Arief Prasetyo Adi, in a written statement, Wednesday (16/3//2022). ).
Meanwhile, General Chairperson of APPSI Sudaryono explained that from the beginning APPSI or market traders were ready to be involved and involved and to succeed in the government’s populist programs in the distribution of cooking oil and other important basic needs.
“We believe that the involvement of traditional/folk market traders in the sale of cooking oil and other important commodities will help accelerate the national economic recovery in accordance with the President’s program. money in the lower levels of society as a result of the increase in trade transactions in the people’s/traditional market, which we all know as the center of people’s trade,” said Sudaryono.
Sudaryono said APPSI will continue to strive and consistently make traders in traditional markets participate in maintaining price stability by being given access to shopping for cooking oil to be sold in accordance with the government’s selling price provisions.
Also attending were the Head of the National Food Agency (BPN) Arief Prasetyo Adi, the PT RNI (ID Food) group was led directly by PLT President Director PT RNI Endang Suraningsih and Commercial Director Frans M. Tambunan, while the APPSI group was led directly by the General Chair Sudaryono and APPSI Secretary General Mujiburrahman and Chairman of DKI Jakarta APPSI DPW H. Pepen.
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