MANADO - Deputy Governor of North Sulawesi (Sulut) Steven Kandouw did not deny the existence of a game of basic food prices. For this reason, he hopes that all stakeholders will participate in supervising the distribution of basic necessities to prevent price games.
" Controlling the price of basic necessities requires the involvement of all stakeholders," said Steven Kandouw, as reported by Antara, Saturday, March 18.
He emphasized that district and city governments are expected to routinely intensify supervision. This step is expected to prevent price games from happening that will make it difficult for consumers.
Steven also gave a small example.
"Because de facto prices in market operations are below the highest retail price or HET. Like medium rice sells for IDR 9,450 per kilo. If someone says the price is IDR 12 thousand, that's a player," said Steven, as reported by Antara, Saturday, March 18.
Likewise, cooking oil commodities were released to the market for Rp. 14,000 per liter, but sold for Rp. 20,000.
"So all people must monitor together so that the distribution of basic necessities is safe," he said.
The Deputy Governor reminded the head of the market to work in an accountable manner. "Don't want to be persuaded by all kinds of things because what must be prioritized is the interests of the community, not the interests of traders," he said.
"That's our number one penetration, the second is market operations," he continued.
The Deputy Governor added that to control the price of chilies from fasting months to Eid, the provincial government has given stimulants to the public to carry out the movement to plant chilies so that the price remains stable.
"Whether it's from or even taken from the regions in Sulawesi or from Java, for transportation subsidies (cabai) from us. We also have food kiosks at low prices," he added.
According to the Deputy Governor, the availability of this food is guaranteed by Bulog, even after Eid, commodities will remain available, as well as districts and cities.
Even in Talaud Islands Regency, market operations are intensively carried out every day to stabilize prices.
Currently, the North Sulawesi government's rice stock is estimated at 237 tons, not including 30 additional tons.
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