CNN Indonesia
Friday, 13 Oct 2023 19:09 IWST
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif said 1.5 million tons of 3 kg LPG came out of distribution channels and had the potential to be misused. (Brook Mitchell/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo).
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Minister EMR Arifin Tasrif said 1.5 million tons LPG 3 kg out of distribution channels and potentially misappropriated.
He made this statement shortly after Pertamina Commissioner Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said that there were high-ranking political party officials who played and participated in eating the 3 kg LPG subsidy.
Arifin said the leak figure of 1.5 million was obtained from the results of the latest survey conducted by the government. He said the government would fix the problem.
Including arranging the distributor. He revealed that 3 kg LPG was originally intended for 60 million underprivileged households.
“3 kg LPG is distributed to 245 thousand distributors. Subsidized goods cannot be freely traded. Apparently retailers and kiosks. We want to tidy this up,” he said at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Office, Friday (13/10).
He ensured that this arrangement would not result in the government removing the 3 kg LPG subsidy. Arifin did not want to speculate about who was involved in the leak of 1.5 million tons of 3 kg LPG. Including, regarding the involvement of high-ranking political party officials behind the problem.
“If you have that problem, please ask there,” he said.
President Commissioner of PT Pertamina (Persero) Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok indicated that there are high-ranking political party officials who manage agents distributing 3 kg LPG subsidies. This creates problems, including regarding the price of 3 kg LPG.
“We are just opening up, it is alleged that many powerful people from political parties hold agents. If you want to be rich, don’t eat people’s subsidies, just trade other things,” he said in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Tuesday (10/10), as quoted from Antara.
Ahok said he would overcome this problem and was ready to help any region that wanted to help its citizens get subsidized goods.
Ahok said Pertamina had found many rogue agents. Pertamina, he said, immediately acted quickly and decisively by immediately terminating cooperation with the agent.
However, Ahok was not satisfied with the results.
(mrh/august)
2023-10-13 12:09:30
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