jacky | May 17, 2008 | 2:44 am
When the plan was decided, university students and citizens had been demonstrating against the plan. The plan was cutting the subsidy on oil price so Gas Price (gas, premium ect) will be sold up to 30 percent when before. The policy will active in near. According to government staff the new oil price will available on 23 may next year!Government excuses that Indonesian must accept the fact, government can’t stay longer while the oil price attacks their budget.
Demonstrations against the policy were happened in many places in Indonesia, Students in Makasar had been demonstration since 2 weeks ago. Others students in Java also turn to road, to shout their disagree opinion against the policy. Wife houses also objective about the policy; they was said, increasing the oil price make their budget consumption is lower (Purchasing Power Parity is lower), and the also scare with the fired from company because the companies is also attacked by high in Cost so fired are potentially happened to their husbands. Read more »
jacky | May 13, 2008 | 9:45 am
There are many tools to reduce the oil price impact. While oil price is running high, Indonesian Government decides to cut percentage of oil subsidy. The decision maker considers that our budget being attack by higher subsidy when oil price is still up.There is only one way to solve this problem, cutting the subsidy on oil price. Many phenomena have been showing that in many place in Indonesia, oil is hard to get and in gas station (SPBU-Indonesian) premium is being scare.
Unfortunately, the subsidy is government shortcut to make the problem easier looking. Government lets citizens to take the obligation. Government said, we have no money to subsidy, we must stick together and obligate to responsible.More…
Rizal Ramli, an Indonesian senior economist said on morning live interview on our local television; the government has poor brain to do this. He doest agree with government. He said, Subsidy is government shortcut to let and clean his hand.
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jacky | March 25, 2008 | 8:31 pm
As net exporter oil in the past; Indonesian becomes net importer now! Why! They export too many in the past so the reserve is close and limited, moreover isn’t enough to meet internal demand on oil for house.
In this section, I would like to share my opinion about my supporting with government decision.
Many countries aren’t oil producers. They import everyday. While oil price raises upper $ 100 USD per barrel, they continue and still import. Oil is expensive so their government doesn’t give subsidies. The people have been enduring living in this condition. The people live without subsidies. Read more »
