NasDem Berang PDIP Asks Jokowi To Evaluate The Minister Of Agriculture And Minister Of Environment And Forestry, Irma Chaniago: Djarot Saiful Don't Sound Original!

Member of the House of Representatives from the NasDem Party faction, Irma Suryani Chaniago (doc NasDem)

JAKARTA - The NasDem Party responded strongly to the statement by the Chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Djarot Saiful Hidayat who asked President Joko Widodo to evaluate the two performances of ministers from NasDem amid the issue of cabinet reshuffle.

Elite NasDem Irma Suryani Chaniago suggested that the former Governor of DKI Jakarta not sound or sound asbun to the Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK) Siti Nurbaya and Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo. Irma reminded that the issue of re-shaking the cabinet is President Jokowi's prerogative. "Reshuffle the prerogative of the president, it is better not to sound it as long as it sounds. In fact, the two NasDem ministers he asked to evaluate are ministers who have achievements," said Irma to reporters, Sunday, December 25.

Irjma explained that Siti Nurbaya had made a number during her tenure as Minister of Environment and Forestry. One of them, forest fires that have recently rarely occurred.

"Siti Nurbaya Bakar is the Minister of Forestry with a myriad of achievements. Open your eyes! In the era of Siti's leadership, forest fires rarely occur, it can even be said that our forests are safe and our air is free from smog," explained Irma. "Not to mention how massive mangrove planting is carried out in order to maintain abrasion, then try to see how well he divides the forests of industrial plants, forests of people's crops and which are protected forests firmly and clearly," he continued.

Irma actually asked Djarot about the Minister of Environment and Forestry who was better than Siti Nurbaya in her firmness in giving sanctions to violators of government regulations regarding land use. Therefore, she asked Djarot not to talk nonsense about the ministers from NasDem. "Indeed, there is a Minister of Transportation whose performance is as good as he has been? Millions of hectares so far the forest has been released into the hands of people who only benefit government and private elements. And in the hands of Siti Nurbaya, there are more management for the benefit of the people. So Djarot Saiful should not sound like that," said Irma.

Then related to the performance of Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo. Irma said that SYL's performance was actually different from what Djarot said.

"Furthermore, I talked about the Minister of Agriculture. Where can there be a ministry that grows in the pandemic era except for the Ministry of Agriculture? Regarding rice imports? Djarot Saiful don't talk if it's not by the data. The Minister of Agriculture insists on saying that we don't need to import because the rice stock in the farmers is sufficient. Read the media so that it doesn't cover it and understand who insists on importing! And also read what awards Syahrul Yasin Limpo has received as a minister who performs well," continued Irma.

Irma again reminded Djarot that the cabinet reshuffle was the prerogative of the president. However, he believes President Jokowi will definitely not remove ministers who perform well. "Let it be the president's authority and needs. But I'm sure the president will not do things that will harm the government by reshuffling ministers who perform well like Syahrul Yasin Limpo and Siti Nurbaya Bakar," he said.

According to him, the public also knows and feels the good work of the two NasDem ministers. Irma admitted that her performance was not complete, because other relevant ministers were also counterproductive.

"I, as an agricultural and forestry observer, see that there are no gaps that can be called the performance of the two ministers above, including those that must be evaluated," he said.

However, Irma added, if the menhut and mentan are affected by a reshuffle by President Jokowi, then the considerations are no longer related to performance. "And if both are finally reshuffled, in my opinion, it is definitely because of other reasons, definitely not because of performance. Because both ministers always run government programs, presidential programs and never even deviate from the president's orders," concluded Irma Suryani. Previously, the chairman of the PDI-P DPP Djarot Syaiful Hidayat, asked President Jokowi to evaluate the Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo and Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar. This was said by Djarot in response to the president's statement regarding a possible cabinet reshuffle. According to Djarot, the change was a refresh in the internal cabinet to fully support the policies issued by President Jokowi.

"The Minister of Agriculture is evaluated, the Minister of Forestry is evaluated, as well as all ministers must also be evaluated, so what? So that there is fresh new blood, which can fully support Pak Jokowi's policy to fulfill campaign promises," Djarot told reporters in Jakarta, Friday, December 23.

The member of Commission IV of the DPR RI then mentioned the issue of rice imports in the middle of a mixture of rice self-sufficiency. In fact, said Djarot, during the harvest season and rice prices rose, instead he imported rice.

"We have spread the kingpin self-sufficiency in rice, we import rice when the price goes up, the government should intervene. During the harvest season and the price is good, we are even beaten by rice imports," said Djarot.

The former governor of DKI Jakarta also said that the policy would have an impact on farmers. Therefore, Commission IV of the DPR RI always conveys to see if there are any data between BPS, Ministry of Agriculture, Bulog and the data held by Bappenas, the National Food Agency.

"Try to open it and put it together, we don't need to import it, he said it's still enough. What's important for us is that the price of rice is stable, the farmers can make a profit. All of this needs to be evaluated," explained Djarot.