Police-Pertamina Consistent Sanctions 8 Gas Stations In Bangka Belitung Do Subsidized Fuel Deviations

Bangka Belitung Islands Police Chief Inspector General Yan Sultra attended the disclosure of subsidized fuel hoarding in Pangkalpinang (ANTARA/HO-Humas Pertamina)

BABEL - Polda Bangka Belitung (Babel) together with Pertamina Southern Sumatra (Sumbagsel) consistently imposed sanctions on eight gas stations as evidenced to have deviated from the distribution of subsidized fuel oil (BBM).

"The sanctions given to public refueling stations (SPBU) that violate this is a step that must be appreciated," said Head of the Babel Ombudsman Representative Shulby Yozar Ariadhy in Pangkalpinang, Babel, Friday, September 22, as reported by Antara.

He said the prosecution and sanctions for eight gas stations that were proven to have violated the law in distributing subsidized fuel reflected the firmness of the police and Pertamina in ensuring that the fuel oil was right on target to the public.

"So far, we have been able to find several forms of violations directly related to the distribution of subsidized fuel and we hope that this kind of action will be carried out consistently by the authorities," he said.

He considered that the MyPertamina program was quite effective and should be supported as an instrument intended to help distribute subsidized fuel more accurately.

However, there needs to be improvements related to technical problems that occur, for example the use of my pertamina's identity without the knowledge of the registered vehicle owner.

"This needs a more systemic solution than solving cases per case of irregularities in the distribution of subsidized fuel," he said.

According to him, this subsidized fuel supervision must be carried out properly, especially at the gas station level, so that irregularities can be minimized.

"Pertamina needs to increase the reliability of its complaint channels for the public in submitting complaints regarding the use of subsidized fuel," he concluded.