JAKARTA - Public Relations of the Ummat Party, Mustofa Nahrawardaya, is concerned about the condition of the people in the country who are affected by the scarcity of supplies and skyrocketing cooking oil prices.

Even catfish pecel traders sued the Trade Law to the Constitutional Court (MK) regarding the price of cooking oil which was too expensive.

Mostofa said that people were tired of the economic pressures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the crush has not stopped due to unstable food stocks and prices in the country.

"Since 2014, why has this country been in turmoil. It's cool from time to time, people rejoice and feel protected," said Mustofa on his Twitter account, @MustofaNahra_ID, Thursday 7 April.

It was Muhammad Hasan Basri who filed a lawsuit in March 2022. The catfish pecel trader from Probolinggo sued Article 29 paragraph 1 of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade to the Constitutional Court.

Basri sued on the basis that the cooking oil crisis spread to his activities to earn a living. Basri was unable to sell because cooking oil was not available in the market but once there was a price it was not affordable.

Based on the files reported from the Constitutional Court's website, Basri assessed that Article 29 paragraph 1 of Law Number 7 of 2014 is contrary to the 1945 Constitution as long as it is not interpreted as 'storage of goods of basic needs and or important goods can be stored by business actors in the event that there is no shortage of goods, there is no turmoil. prices and/or there are no barriers to trade traffic.

In the lawsuit process to the Constitutional Court, Basri handed over his legal counsel to Ahmad Irawan, et al from Ahmad Irawan & Associates Law Firm.


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