Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) directly fired high-ranking officials at Pertamina. DPR Commission VI member Andre Rosiade reminded Pertamina’s board of directors about the procurement of pipes.
Andre initially said that changing directors or commissioners in BUMN was the government’s authority. Andre said that Law Number 19 of 2003 gave full authority to the Minister of BUMN who represented the government.
“What we want to comment on in Commission VI is that the change is related to the alleged procurement of pipelines at Pertamina as in the news. We Commission VI ask Pertamina and the government of course to prioritize domestic products,” said Andre when contacted, Wednesday (10/3). / 2021).
However, Andre gave a note on the use of pipes in the country. Andre asked for the authenticity of domestic products to be thoroughly tested.
“But of course the domestic product is actually produced domestically. Do not let the pipe be imported, then stamp the domestic factory. Don’t let that happen. The price must also be reasonable, do not let the domestic price be three times higher than the import price. , “said Andre.
“Once again we support domestic products, we fully support. We in Commission VI, which oversees the Ministry of BUMN, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Industry, Head of BKPM, of course fully support the government or Pertamina to use domestic products, especially President Jokowi’s instructions, “said Andre.
Andre doesn’t want any pipes to be imported and then recognized as domestic products with a certain stamp. In addition, he reiterated that domestic pipe prices should not be insanely expensive.
“Don’t let this local pipe cost up to three times the price of the imported pipe that causes it cost Pertamina is high, the commissioner will be angry. Why is the project expensive? We’ll say again to the board of directors markup, thief directors. We ask for the price of the pipe to be opened so that the people will also know so that it is transparent, “said Andre.
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