Jokowi Vs Lutfi Cooking Oil Inspection Different Results, Deputy Speaker Of The House Of Representatives Rachmat Gobel: If The Minister Of Trade Had An Inspection, There Would Have Been, I Had Been In That Position

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rachmat Gobel. (Mary Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The results of the inspection on cooking oil conducted by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) are different from those of the Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi. Jokowi's inspection results show that cooking oil in modern retail is empty, while Trade Minister Lutfi finds abundant cooking oil in modern retails such as Alfamidi and Lotte Mart.

Responding to this difference, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rachmat Gobel, said that based on his experience as Minister of Trade in the 2014 period, when the minister came down to inspect the market to check the availability of scarce commodities, there must be. For example, cooking oil.

According to him, it is impossible when the trade minister comes to an empty supply market. This is because traders already know that there will be an inspection by the trade minister.

"When the Trade Minister does an inspection, there must be cooking oil. If (knowing) the Trade Minister wants to come, there must be something. I've been the Trade Minister as well," he said, when met at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Tuesday, March 15.

Therefore, according to Gobel, to really know the reality on the ground, when the trade minister wants to carry out an inspection, no one should know.

"That's why when you want to do an inspection, no one will know. It's true that there is no such thing. It's possible. "Oh, the Minister of Trade wants to come, let's hold it," he explained.

Similarly, member of Commission VI Andre Rosiade said that the different inspection results between President Jokowi and the Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi showed that the stock was on the market if the Minister of Trade made a field inspection.

"The goods are abundant when the Trade Minister comes down for inspection (to the field). After the Trade Minister left, the goods disappeared," he said.

According to Andre, the cooking oil problem, which has entered its sixth month, is due to a lack of firmness from the government as a leader.

"That's why it's a matter of government firmness. Regarding government leadership, the government's real efforts, this can be done," he said.