There Is A Ministry Of 'Crossing' Authority, PDIP Politicians Want Jokowi To Monitor Minister's Maneuver

President Joko Widodo (Antara)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission VI of the DPR RI, Darmadi Durianto, has warned President Joko Widodo to monitor the maneuvers of ministers, especially those related to the economic sector. The reason is, there are ministries that 'cross' their authority. For example, the Ministry of Industry bypasses the authority of the Ministry of Trade regarding cooking oil management.

"There are many problems now that the Coordinating Ministry through the Ministry of Industry has revoked the Ministry of Trade's authority. For example, the issuance of Permenperin No. 8 of 2020 regarding the governance of cooking oil," said Darmadi to reporters, Wednesday, April 27. With this problem, Darmadi assesses, in the future it is possible that the authority held by the Ministry of Trade will continue to be stripped down by various maneuvers through the Ministry of Economy.

"In the future, there will be more plans from the Ministry of Industry through the Coordinating Ministry to reduce the authority of the Ministry of Trade," he said. Therefore, the PDIP politician reminded President Jokowi to monitor his ministers closely. "The president must monitor this carefully," said Darmadi. Treasurer of the Megawati Institute he said, efforts to strip the authority of the Ministry of Trade are easy enough to analyze, for example, those relating to technical product considerations (Pertek). Darmadi said that some products, especially electronic products, would begin to apply. The Ministry of Industry is currently testing the Pertek.

"The Ministry of Industry used to be able to apply for product import approvals without Pertek. In the future, it is suspected that many products will be required by Pertek," he said.

“Thus, in the end, the quota setting. Whereas setting quotas will only create a lot of collusion," added Darmadi.