JAKARTA - The Secretary-General (Sekjen) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) Tomsi Tohir asked the regional government (Pemda) to diligently check the development of staple food prices and anticipate potential price spikes in their respective regions ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
"Please come down, gather those merchant friends, communicate with the producing area, sir. So that later during Ramadan and Eid, the increase will not be too high," said Tomsi as reported by ANTARA, Monday, January 19.
He conveyed this at the 2026 Regional Inflation Control Coordination Meeting which was linked to the discussion of anticipating the increase in air ticket prices ahead of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.
Tomsi appreciated the decline in the prices of a number of commodities such as eggs, broiler chicken meat, red onions, and sweet peas.
However, he warned against rising commodity prices such as garlic to cooking oil. The reason is that the prices of the two commodities have actually increased at a time when other commodities are declining.
Tomsi hopes that areas that experience an increase in the price of cooking oil can be intervened with the addition of Minyakita stocks. On the other hand, Tomsi also encourages Perum Bulog to intervene against the potential increase in rice prices in a number of areas.
"Check what Bulog is there. If it's true, the quota is less or the stock is less, please push it," he said.
In addition, Tomsi hopes that all regions can learn from the handling of inflation that has been running so far. Through various forums, regions can find the best way out in controlling prices in the region. For this reason, the region is asked not to tire in controlling the inflation rate.
"For friends in the region, we ask that the high or low can be high if they are careless. That goes back, check again, communicate again, control the market again. Don't control it maybe once a week, once every two weeks, it can't be," said Tomsi.
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