JAKARTA - Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, responded to pressure from President Jokowi to remove the Minister of Trade (Mendag) M Lutfi, after the decision to lift the ban on exports of crude palm oil (CPO). The request for the replacement of the Trade Minister came from a Gerindra Party politician, Fadli Zon.
According to Dasco, the authority to appoint and dismiss ministers belongs to the president. Because ministers are assistants to the president.
"I think the minister is an assistant to the president, so the one who has the authority to appoint and dismiss is the president," Dasco told reporters at the Fisheries Business Expert Polytechnic, South Jakarta, Saturday, May 21.
The daily chairman of the Gerindra Party DPP emphasized that it is better to leave the assessment of the minister to the president and the public. The reason is that the minister is responsible for the tasks he carries out.
"Regarding the accountability of each personal minister, we leave it to each minister as well. We leave the assessment to the president and the public," said Dasco.
Previously, Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the Gerindra Faction, Fadli Zon, appreciated President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) decision to lift the ban on the export of crude palm oil (CPO) starting next week.
"Finally, the ban on CPO exports was lifted, that's what it should be," said Fadli, Friday, May 20.
According to Fadli, the CPO export ban policy actually resulted in losses. Both on the trade balance and on oil palm farmers and domestic CPO producers. "In addition to failing to achieve its goal of lowering retail cooking oil prices in the country, this policy has now proven to bring even more losses," explained Fadli.
However, the Gerindra politician actually asked the Minister of Trade (Mendag) M Lutfi to be removed after the lifting of the ban on CPO exports. According to him, the current trade minister is incompetent as an assistant to the president.
"Just replace the Minister of Trade, look for a competent one," said Fadli Zon.
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