DPR Asked KPPU To Investigate The Irregularity In Lobster Seed Export

Gedung DPR RI. (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The export of lobster seeds regulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (Permen KP) Number 12 of 2020 concerning Management of Lobster, Crab and Crab is considered problematic. At the time when the regulations were not clear and there was news about the appointment of the company, lobster exports were carried out last week.

The DPR asked the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) to intervene in handling this matter. Member of Commission IV Andi Akmal Pasludin hopes that the regulation will be evaluated. According to him, although it is the executive domain to make policies, the people will continue to supervise it.

"We will evaluate. The people will monitor and we will use our right to supervise. Decisions can change. Laws can change right. The DPR has provided notes but is still determined and enthusiastic about exporting, please," said Andi Akmal, Thursday 18 June.

What is strange, he said, is that only a few companies are given recommendations for export. There is also news that a certain cargo company has been appointed to handle the shipment of lobster seeds.

This has become a big question in Commission IV. There is a regulation which states that there must be a public test of all selected companies. However, this public test was not announced.

Andi Akmal also asked KPPU to intervene. He also reminded again, not to export lobster because of political interests, let alone business.

"This is our big question. I think KPPU needs to step in and have what is the reason for only giving permits to a few companies. Do not let the 16 companies act like a monopoly. He only buys from collectors then he plays the price," he said.

KPPU Can Investigate

On another occasion, KPPU Commissioner Guntur Saragih emphasized that with regard to licenses for business actors, in accordance with Law 5 1999, in principle, it does not provide discrimination against business opportunities.

"KPPU can conduct investigations either through reports or initiatives," he said.

For the basic initiative steps of Law No.5 of 1999 as an effort to prevent monopolistic practices and unfair competition among business actors, Law No.5 of 1999 states that the government forms a Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) which has the duty to assess whether an agreement or business activity contrary to Law No. 6 of 1999.

Regarding this, the Chairman of the Stakeholder Commission and Public Consultation of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KP2-KKP) Effendi Gazali invited the public to complain about the export issue to the KPPU. He also conveyed this regarding the indication of the appointment of a certain cargo company in the delivery of the lobster.

"I don't know about it (about the cargo). But when we presented it to the Minister, we thought why the cargo didn't belong to us. But if you are not satisfied with that, there is also a route. You can go to KPPU, for example," he said. .

Effendi continued, the Minister of KKP had said that he was ready to be open to criticism and things like that. "So if you ask, how come there are already institutions, associations, lobster exporters? Yes, ask about the process, where is the selection, where is it announced. It is related to the Law on Public Information Disclosure," he said.

"If you ask why the cargo is forced there? Ask through the anti-monopoly law. Everything is there," he added.

He reads from various media that non-tax state revenue (PNBP) does not yet exist, but perhaps there is a certain mechanism and that must be examined carefully.

Highlights

The issue of lobster seed export has received the attention of many parties. Head of the Sub-Directorate General of Public Relations, Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance, Deni Surjantoro, said that the export of lobster seeds has been carried out, by PT TAM and PT ASL on June 12, 2020 through Soekarno-Hatta Airport.

Based on data from the Soekarno-Hatta Customs and Excise Office, the export of lobster seeds from PT TAM and PT ASL is packaged in 7 boxes. PT TAM exported 60,000 lobster seeds, while PT ASL about 37,500 individuals.

This export is considered odd, because the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) are still working on the Minister of Finance's Regulation regarding the export of lobster seeds and the mechanism for collecting non-tax state revenue (PNBP).

Surprisingly, when the final rules had not been issued, there were already two companies exporting. Director of PNBP of the Ministry of Finance, Wawan Sunarjo, when asked for an explanation, said that, to his knowledge, no special PNBP mechanism for shrimp was regulated.

"There are ship permits and capture permits. Check PP PNBP KKP. If the export problem is in BC (Customs)," he said.