JAKARTA - Maluku Head of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Abdul Haris emphasized that the use of barcodes or barcodes when purchasing subsidized fuel at gas stations aims to avoid hoarding and mixing.
"The use of the barcode is a government policy that is enforced nationally and not just for this area," Abdul said in Ambon, Wednesday, February 22, as reported by Antara.
Abdul conveyed that when he met hundreds of city transportation (angkot) drivers who were members of the Ambon City Drivers Association (Aksa) held a demonstration to stop buying subsidized fuel at gas stations.
According to Abdul Haris, those registered for the use of the bar code are the vehicle and the owner, not the driver's name so that the government can control it so that no person buys it to be accommodated and sold again to the industry.
"Pertamina is only a partner of the government and the subsidized fuel is pertalite and diesel for public transportation while kerosene is subsidized by the government for the community," said Abdul.
Then the pertalite quota for one year to Maluku Province is 133,000 Kilo liters and specifically for Ambon City as many as 47,000 Kl and Central Maluku Regency 23,000 Kl.
The complaints from angkot drivers were that vehicles that entered the administrative area of Central Maluku Regency also filled in at gas stations in Ambon City.
"So we will convey to Pertamina to take into account this quota again on the grounds that there are vehicles from Malteng that charge fuel at gas stations in Ambon," he said.
The angkot drivers initially held a demonstration demanding that Maluku Governor Murad Ismail or Sadlie Ie Regional Secretary meet them but to give but it is not fulfilled.
They then moved towards the World Peace Gong and tried to block the main road but were prevented by police from the Ambon Island Police and PP Lease led by the Head of Ops Kompol Syarifudin.
Chairman of Aska Ambon City, Paulus Nikijuluw, who led the demonstration, demanded that the purchase of fuel at gas stations not use barcots, asked the provincial government to determine the upper tariff limit and lower angkot tariff limit, restrictions on public transportation according to the ratio of the population, and control the stalls of street vendors at the Mardika terminal.
They also demanded that the government stop taxis and online motorcycle taxis such as Maxim because they were considered to have set a very low tariff, both compared to public and other online motorcycle taxis.
Even though hundreds of angkot drivers from various routes went on strike and demonstrated, there are still some angkot cars operating to transport students and generalized employees and passengers.
In the action, one of the angkot drivers who became the orator named the Governor of Maluku Murad Ismail was replaced by Murad Latuconsina because he did not meet the demonstrators.
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