Cooking Oil Stock Is Safe, Presidential Staff Office Asks People Not To Panic

President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. (Photo: Doc. Setpres)

JAKARTA - The Main Expert of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Bustanul Arifin ensures that the supply of cooking oil is safely controlled. Therefore, people are asked not to worry and panic about the supply.

"People don't panic and don't need to worry. The government ensures that the availability of cooking oil on the market is safely controlled," he said in an official statement, Friday, March 18.

Bustanul said, with the stock of cooking oil in a safe condition, it is certain that there will be no more shortages. Moreover, the government through the Ministry of Trade has provided subsidies for bulk cooking oil.

"There is no shortage and even bulk cooking oil has been subsidized to an affordable price," he said.

Previously, the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Industry had also stated that the supply of cooking oil was safe in the market.

Meanwhile, in response to the increase in cooking oil prices in the market, the government has implemented a subsidy policy for bulk cooking oil. The public can also get bulk cooking oil at a price of Rp. 14,000 per liter in traditional markets.

Meanwhile, packaged cooking oil without subsidies is also widely available in minimarkets, supermarkets or modern markets.