There are no new proposals regarding the removal of subsidy for packet cooking oil presented to the Cabinet, clarified Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.
Rafizi said his earlier statement was about the government’s ongoing effort to reduce leakage rather than abolishing subsidies.
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Rafizi said his earlier statement was about the government’s ongoing effort to reduce leakage rather than abolishing subsidies.
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00:00I was asked in an open forum about the oil market, so my answer is a general answer, and my answer is already certain.
00:19All government programs are set up to reduce pollution. The task and the decision is made by the Ministry of Trade in the country.
00:33So, so far there has been no decision and so on. So, if I ask, no, no, no, no, that is certainly not true.
00:43It's the same as the media, something that will be broadcast from time to time. But is there a plan or not?
00:53No, but when it has been reported to the media, I know it's clickbait, right? But I hope when these questions are asked,
01:02the government gives an image that every thing, our focus is to reduce pollution and ensure that it really reaches the public.
01:16So, the programs are set up. If there is a shortage, for example, this packet cooking oil program, we all know that there is a shortage.
01:26We all know that there is a problem because it does not reach the people who should receive it.
01:33Whether there is a decision or not, that is actually up to the ministries. In the end, if there is a shortage, they will bring it to the cabinet.
01:46So far, there is nothing related to the new package cooking oil program that has been brought to the cabinet.
01:58But I also ask the media, if you look at the question, look at it in general. I was asked a general question.
02:08Is there a government, what is it called, what do we want to do about the shortage of this packet cooking oil?
02:17So my answer is that every program, if there is a shortage, there is an assessment, there is a discussion, right?
02:25That is what is said, but it is reported that the government has a shortage to eliminate the oil subsidy package.
02:32I mean, it is totally two different things, right? If it is like that, it means that the government cannot do anything, what to consider?
02:40So that is also later, I hope the media and the public outside understand that the government's job is always to find a better way.
02:50If the situation that has been reported, the issue that has been raised, all of it becomes a controversy because little by little they want to do this and that,
02:58then in the end, the government will not say anything.
03:01So if in our shoes, our role is to reform a lot of things, then I also ask for the help of the media to actually allow us to go through that process.
03:14If not, if it is the public responsibility, they will not dare to do anything because they know that if they say a little wrong, it will be made into another story.