The Chairman of Committee VII suggests that the government grant a subsidy to Pertamax

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Chairman of the House Committee of Representatives VII Gus Irawan Pasaribu suggested that the government allocate an additional budget for the Pertamax type of fuel subsidies (BBM)

. who is afraid of having a domino effect on the workings of the popular economy.

"It is better that the government grants subsidies, so as not to burden society, it's the impact that it can have everywhere, why not just go back to the mandate of the law that fully controls the energy? ", said Gus Irawan. (19459007) Monday (07/02/2018).

According to him, the subsidization of the fuel type Pertamax is considered to maintain the public purchasing power and the inflation rate so that its realization may be in line with the annual target.

Government by Ministries / Institutions It is also encouraged not to allow PT Pertamina (Persero) to bear the loss of a continuing government badignment without financial badistance.

"So far, the government has not yet submitted the revised state budget, while many macroeconomic badumptions have been missed and irrelevant at the moment," he said. Mr. Gus.

Pertamina Sunday (1/7/2018) at 00:00 WIB raised Pertamax and Pertamax Turbo price, with an increase of 600 Rp per liter, ie 9,500 Rp for pertamax and Rp 10,700 for pertamax turbo per liter. While Pertamina Dex increased Rp 500 per liter to Rp 10,500 per liter and dexlite increased Rp 900 to Rp 9,000 per liter