Surakarta Mayor Questions Anti-Oil, Gas Mafia Team's Performance
30 March 2015 10:00 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Surakarta Mayor FX Hadi Rudyatmo questioned the performance of the Oil and Gas Governance Reform Team following fuel price hike enforced on Friday, March 27, 2015.
Rudiatmo deplored government’s decision to put another fuel price hike into effect. Rudiatmo believes that the increase in fuel price would cause other prices for basic necessities to soar.
“People’s burden is getting heavier,” Rudiatmo said on Sunday, March 29, 2015.
Rudyatmo added that the government should have established a team who can eradicate mafia practices in the oil and gas industry. Rudyatmo said that such practices had caused skyrocketing fuel price.
Rudyatmo hopes that the government could improve the team’s performance before issuing a policy to increase fuel prices, particularly those for Premium and Solar. According to Rudyatmo, the weakening of rupiah was not an excuse to increase the fuel price. He said that the government needs to improve its oil resource management.
AHMAD RAFIQ