Ministry Of Trade Promises To Pay Debt Of Cooking Oil Rafaction In May, Ketum Aprindo: We Ask For Certainty

Chairman of the Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (Aprindo) Roy Nicholas Mandey (left). Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (Aprindo) Roy Nicholas Mandey asked the government through the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) to immediately provide time certainty regarding the plan to pay debt for the price difference or one price of the cooking oil program (migor).

This is because Roy admitted that he had not received further information about the certainty of the payment of the Migor faction.

"If asked if there is any information regarding the faction yet. What we ask for is certainty. Whatever you call before there is certainty there is no significant realization," said Roy at the Halalbihalal event at the Manado Spice, Jakarta, Tuesday, May 7.

Roy hopes that the problem of the migrant election can be resolved before the change of government.

"How is it possible that the Regulation of the Minister of Trade (Permendag) was carried out during this government period, then it was not completed and then it became the responsibility of the next government and so on. So, one of our concerns is certainty of payment," he said.

He considered that currently his party was waiting for the confirmation of the date for the payment of the Migor faction.

Although there has been news circulating that the government will pay for it in May 2024.

"So, again, what we need is just one point for the certainty of the day and the date for the payment of the Rafaction. That is what we continue to voice, try and fight for to the ministries/agencies to all stakeholders in this country," he said.

Furthermore, Roy said, if the government has provided certainty of payment time, his party asks for transparency and clarification of the data.

"We only ask for one point of certainty, the day and date are paid. If it is for value, we want to see first. For members, we will submit how the value will be given, but we ask for certainty," he added.

The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) targets that the debt for the price difference or one-price cooking oil program for retail entrepreneurs will be paid in May 2024.

Until now, the debt problem with the price difference or the one price cooking oil program ratio has not found a bright spot.

The debt has not been paid to employers for two years since this program was launched in January 2022.

The Director General of Domestic Trade at the Ministry of Trade, Isy Karim, said that his party was still processing the payment of the debt for the cooking oil reaction.

"Hopefully the faction will be completed in the near future. Hopefully, May will be finished. Hopefully, yes," he said when met at the Ministry of Trade Office, Jakarta, Thursday, April 25.