Vice President Ma'ruf Amin Reveals The Decision To Increase Fuel Prices Is Not Final

JAKARTA - The government is currently discussing an increase in the price of fuel oil (BBM). Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the decision regarding the price increase was still being worked out and not final.

"This is being considered. So it is still under discussion, still under discussion, whether it will be raised or not," said the vice president as quoted from ANTARA, Sabru, August 20.

He said that currently the burden of state subsidies on fuel prices is very large, more than Rp. 500 trillion, so if there is an increase in fuel prices, it is in an effort to ensure that subsidies can continue.

"How can this go well. So our APBN can support it, but also not then we are unable to provide subsidies, and this has been set for 2023," he explained.

Previously, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan signaled the possibility that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) would announce an increase in fuel prices next week.

According to Luhut, in a Public Lecture at Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South Sulawesi, which was monitored online from Jakarta, Friday (19/8), President Jokowi indicated that the government could not continue to maintain diesel and pertalite prices at current prices.