TANGERANG - The Department of Industry and Trade (Disperindag) of Tangerang City admitted that it had not received any direction regarding the discourse on banning the sale of 3 kilograms of gas for small stalls.
The Head of Trade for Industry and Trade in Tangerang City, Sandy Sulaiman, admitted that he did not know about the existence of the regulation.
"We have no confirmation from Pertamina, we also don't know, so it's from Pertamina directly, we don't know the local government," Sandy said when confirmed, Tuesday, January 17.
"We also ask Hiswana oil and gas friends, he also doesn't know, it's straight from the center," he continued.
However, if there really is a change in regulations related to the sale of 3 kg of gas, his party will oversee the regulation.
"So that's the center's domain, we're just guarding it," he concluded.
It is known, the government plans to prohibit the sale of 3 kilograms (kg) LPG or LPG through retailers such as small stalls. Subsidized gas will only be sold in official distributor agents registered with Pertamina.
Director General of Oil and Gas (Dirjen Migas) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Tutuka Ariadji, said this plan was aimed at making consumer data more accurate and subsidies more targeted.
Regarding this plan, Tutuka said, there had been a letter from the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources for Pertamina as the distributor of 3 kg LPG.
The letter assigns this state-owned company to pay attention to the supervision of 3 kg LPG to consumers.
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