Deputy Chairman Of Commission VI Of The DPR Calls Fluctuation Of The Price Of Basic Materials At The End Of The Year Only Temporary

Deputy Chairman of Commission VI DPR RI Aria Bima when giving a statement to reporters in Sukoharjo Regency. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

SOLO - Deputy Chairman of Commission VI of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Aria Bima, said that the fluctuations in the prices of basic commodities that occur at the end of the year are only temporary, so people don't have to worry.

"Towards this new year, the price situation is relatively abnormal. Indeed, there are relatively unstable basic needs, some have gone up and some have dropped," said Aria Bima, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, December 28.

However, he is not sure that Indonesia will experience a food crisis considering that so far the stock is safe.

"I am optimistic that the food will not be short. Only soybeans and flour (imported products), the COVID-19 pandemic situation is not yet normal," he said.

Related to this, his party together with the government are still looking for breakthroughs so that access to shipments is not constrained.

"Hopefully the problems of flour and soybeans will be resolved quickly," he said.

However, domestic production is expected to be safe.

Moreover, the government provides special logistics subsidies, including rail transportation.

"The principle of Pancasila is fair, including preparing basic needs, one economic unit. The Jokowi government is able to make interactions with sea, air, land in a good way," he said.

He hopes that this step will be able to minimize high price differentiation between regions.

In addition to basic needs, he said, public transportation is also a concern for Commission VI of the Indonesian House of Representatives.

"Before the recess I collected transportation SOEs, in Commission VI to check. There were 63 million people who carried out mobility throughout Indonesia (at the end of the year), then there were 3.6 million flights. So they not only prioritize people but also logistics," he said.