TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) confirmed that he would not increase the subsidized fuel price at the end of his office term, believing that there had to be other alternatives to address the issue, Democrat Party’s Chairman of Central Executive Board, Ikhsan Modjo, said on Saturday, August 30, 2014.
According to Ikhsan, President Susilo considered that price hike in energy sector had caused people to have a hard time.
“The electricity price had been increased, and there is a plan to increase the 12-kilogram LPG canister that would burden the people,” Iksan said.
Furthermore, Ikhsan said, the crude oil price had declined that would make the fuel price policy difficult to be made. Currently, the global crude oil price is under US$100 per barrel.
Earllier, Jokowi revealed that President Susilo had refused to increase the fuel price amid subsidized fuel shortage in a number of regions. Pertamina had to cut the subsidized fuel quota to 46 million kiloliters in the revised budget for 2014.
AYU PRIMA SANDI
