Former KRL Import Polemic Discussed This Afternoon, Four Ministers Will Be Called

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The polemic regarding the plan to import a used electric train or KRL planned by PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) will be answered today. According to the plan, this will be discussed at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Kemenko Marves), Monday 6 March.

"We want to close the KRL (Import) again on Monday," said Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment or Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan to reporters, recently.

Based on the invitation to cover the coverage received by VOI, there will be a number of ministers who will also be summoned to discuss this, including Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif.

The four ministers will be summoned to the office of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to discuss the issue of importing used trains from Japan as well as announcing incentives for Battery-Based Electric Motor Vehicles (KBLBB).

Previously, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment or Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan supported the plan to import a used electric rail train or KRL planned by PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI). According to Luhut, the plan must be carried out immediately.

"We do have to do it in the near future (a former KRL import from Japan), the 10 carriages," said Luhut when met by media crews at his office, Jakarta, Friday, March 3.

Luhut said that the import plan would be discussed again on Monday, March 6. He appealed to no more errors in the planning, so he had to import used trains.

"In the past, I had imported used goods, now I import used goods? So, we said, why not make plans so as not to import. It may be a little more expensive, but that, right, the money is circulating domestically," he said.

Because the time problem is not possible, said Luhut, the government will ask the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) to conduct an audit.

"So, the goods are not seen through the third hand, so that the price is correct. Do not let price deviations occur," he added.