JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia responded casually to jokes directed at him by netizens on social media as Minister of Etanol.
This plug began when he decided to encourage the use of ethanol by 10 percent in fuel oil (BBM) or E10 products.
"I was taken everywhere saying I was the Minister of Etanol. Is it Pepen? Is it really important? Do you think that makes me so and I'm worried? Ade is you, is that you? That's what Papuans say "you just want to write down, brother, have you read", said Bahlil in Jakarta, Monday, December 8.
As is known, 'Epen is it?' is a Papuan language which means "Indeed it is important?". This phrase is often used together with "cupen anyway" which means "sufficiently important" for casual, joking conversations, or for satirical insinuation.
He added that at first he gave a statement increasing the E10 mandarory, he became the target of social media.
"I was laughed at like that. At the beginning they beat me on social media about what is called ethanol. I'm really dead. I'm really confused about ethanol," continued Bahlil.
Bahlil suspects that there are two groups that reject the implementation of this E10, namely groups that do not yet understand the policies and importers who have been benefiting from energy import policies.
"The big title is okay. This importer is comfortable. 'What does Bahlil want?'. Avtur can't import, diesel can't import, now gasoline wants to be reduced," said Bahlil.
Nevertheless, Bahlil said that the implementation of ethanol as a mixture of fuel can reduce fuel imports and is in line with President Prabowo Subianto's order to prevent 'boncos' state money due to imports.
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"This is what Mr. President Prabowo meant. Don't keep our money out. What we have we use in this country, you know," he said.
Bahlil even imitated the massive use of ethanol abroad such as Brazil with E30 to E100, the United States (US) with E20 to E85, as well as India, Thailand, and China with E10 to E20.
"In Indonesia, once we make the E10 plan, it will be noisy," said Bahlil.
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