Jokowi Said That The Distribution Of BLT For Cooking Oil Was Smooth: I Didn't Hear That There Were Things That Hindered It

President Jokowi (Photo: BPMI Setpres)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the distribution of direct cash assistance (BLT) for cooking oil from the government for the community continues. He claimed this process went smoothly and there had not been any problems that hindered the field.

He conveyed this during a visit to Bangkal Market, Sumenep Regency, Madura, East Java today, Monday, April 20.

"The distribution of cooking oil BLT is still in process. Everything is going well, I don't hear anything on the ground that hinders it, either through the post office or the urban village", Jokowi said as quoted from the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube, Monday, April 20.

Jokowi hopes that the subsidy will continue to be implemented. Thus, assistance from the government can help strengthen people's purchasing power.

"We hope that the cooking oil BLT subsidy can strengthen people's purchasing power and we hope that the burden that occurs because there is an additional price can be covered by the cooking oil BLT", he said.

Furthermore, the former governor of DKI Jakarta said that the issue of cooking oil is currently still a focus for the government. All parties are trying to reduce the price of oil to a normal level.

However, Jokowi admits that currently, several existing policies have not been productive. The reason is that there are still many cooking oil producers who want to export their products due to high prices and this creates a fraudulent game.

"The determination of the HET for bulk oil and then subsidies to these producers, we have seen that it has been running for the past few weeks have not been effective. In the market, I see that a lot of bulk oil is not by the HET that we have set. It means that there is indeed a game", he said.

"Therefore, yesterday the Attorney General's Office has named the four suspects in the cooking oil affair. I ask for a thorough investigation. So that we can know who is playing, and we can understand", concluded Jokowi.