Regarding The Purchase Of Bulk Cooking Oil Using Care, The Mataram City Government Is Waiting For Official Regulations From The Center

Illustration of bulk cooking oil, (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Mataram City Government, West Nusa Tenggara Province, is still waiting for official regulations from the government regarding the policy of purchasing bulk cooking oil according to the highest retail price (HET) of Rp. 14,000 per liter or Rp. 15,500 per kilogram using the PeduliLindung application.

"We don't want to comment much on this, because we haven't received the official regulations. So we'll see first what the sound and direction of the policy will be," said Assistant I for Government and People's Welfare of the Mataram City Secretariat, Lalu Martawang, quoted by Antara, Sunday, June 26.

The statement was conveyed in response to government policies through the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan who stated that the purchase of bulk cooking oil at the highest retail price (HET) of Rp. 14,000 per liter or Rp. 15,500 per kilogram was limited to a maximum of 10 kilograms using the PeduliLindung application or number. population parent (NIK).

According to Martawang, in this case the city government is in a wise and wise position to first see the sound of the rules or official letters from the government. This is because the PeduliLindung application has been used in relation to ensuring public health in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"So we need to know the direction of this government's policy, how it relates to bulk cooking oil," he said.

For this reason, he continued, the city government did not want to rush to respond to the policy.

"We need to understand thoroughly before we can respond and prepare what steps we will take," he said.

Meanwhile, Martawang denied that the policy was issued because the implementation of health protocols (prokes) in the community was very lax.

"So far, we have issued a policy of easing medical procedures in accordance with the provisions and we also continue to remind the public to be disciplined in standard procedures, namely using masks and washing hands," he added.