Prevent The Practice Of Subsidized Fuel Mafia, The DPR Asks Pertamina To Routinely Sweeping

Member of Commission VII DPR RI Gandung Pardiman during a meeting of the Commission VII DPR RI Specific Working Visit Team to TBBM Rewulu Yogyakarta Special Region

JAKARTA - The House of Representatives (DPR) asked Pertamina to conduct routine sweeps (sweeping) to fuel oil agents (BBM) and LPG to minimize the misuse of fuel by the mafia, resulting in scarcity in society.

Member of Commission VII DPR RI Gandung Pardiman sees that currently many mafias buy subsidized fuel to be sold again so as to harm the community.

To reduce fraud, for example, on condition of KTP, but from KTP it is also considered unable to reduce one hundred percent because there are still loopholes to commit fraud.

"So I ask Pertamina to routinely sweep into agents to reduce this abuse," said Gandung in his statement to Voi.id, Monday, February 13.

Furthermore, the Golkar Party faction politician asked Pertamina to in the future socialize the fuel-related socialization to be intensified to the public. So that the public can participate in monitoring and reporting if they find irregularities in the distribution and use of subsidized fuel.

"So that the wider community will understand more about the functions and meaning of Pertamina, Oil and Gas BBM, Oil and Gas BPH and its steps. If there is fluctuation of fuel that goes up and down, people will not be surprised," he explained.

To prevent the misuse of subsidized fuel, it is known that Pertamina is modernizing the monitoring system of Public Fuel Filling Stations (SPBU).

In addition, the Government will also take firm action against perpetrators of misuse of subsidized fuel as regulated in Article 55 of Law Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation which states that anyone who misuses transportation and/or trading of fuel oil, gas fuel, and/or liquefied petroleum gas subsidized by the government shall be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of six years and a maximum fine of IDR 60 billion.

Similar sanctions were also stated in Article 94 paragraph 3 of Government Regulation Number 36 of 2004 concerning Downstream Oil and Gas Business Activities.

On that occasion, Gandung Pardiman also appreciated the performance of the Rewulu Fuel Oil Terminal (TBBM) in implementing government programs in accordance with existing regulations.

"Moreover, the Rewulu TBBM also won the Company's Performance rating Assessment Program in Golden Environmental Management (PROPER), this shows seriousness in extraordinary unit management, hopefully this can be maintained," he concluded.