JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia revealed the formation of the Directorate General of Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Gakkum) will run according to plan.
Later, the new Directorate General will be led by the TNI or Polri.
"The Director General of Gakkum will be led if not the police, the TNI. If not, the prosecutor," Bahlil said in his remarks at the Expo Minerba, Monday, November 25.
Bahlil said, this was intended so that the completion of the Mining Business License (IUP) conflict could immediately be overcome at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. Previously the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources was led by Bambang Suswantono who is a retired TNI with the rank of Lieutenant General.
"Try to imagine the Lieutenant General of the Marines to be Acting. The Director General gave one year. That means what? Because it can be arranged for a long time I also dropped the army to arrange us," continued Bahlil.
Bahlil also said, if the business entity and the Directorate General of Minerba could not be regulated, he did not rule out the possibility of using a 'army style' in carrying out law enforcement at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
"We ask for the support of friends of entrepreneurs, convey if what we need to help. But if there is something that according to friends there must be input in the framework of repair, we will also always be open to make improvements," Bahlil explained.
On the same occasion, Bahlil also appreciated the Indonesian House of Representatives Commission XII who supported the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in forming the Director General of Gakkum.
Previously, Bahlil asked for the support of Commission XII to form the Directorate General of Gakkum of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Bahlil said, the formation of the Directorate General of Law Enforcement was in accordance with the mandate of Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 169 of 2024 concerning the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Not only that, Bahlil also said that currently his ministry has also prepared the structure of the Directorate General of Gakkum so that in the near future it is able to solve problems about illegal mining and illegal oil drilling.
"But I ask for help, ladies and gentlemen, so please support this Director General Gakkum, please support it once because the seduction is definitely a lot of Director General. This is honest. So I also ask, if we want to commit, we make this item is good, come on "Said Bahlil.
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