Member of Commission
IV of House Fori Munawar rated that the Presidential Regulation Perpres 71/2015
issued by President Joko Widodo had not been effective in downsizing prices of
essential goods in the market. Meaning Government resolution was needed in
executing intergrated management and control from upstream to downstream
including repressive action.
The Presidential Regulation had not
been effective in reducing prices due to poor stock management and trading in
echelon 2, 3 of the Government. Evidently no downturn of prices was seen in the
market.
Recently President Joko Widodo
released Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 71 year 2015 on the
Stipulation of Process and storage of Essential Good signed on July 15 2015
which was intended to secure availability of goods and to stabilize prices.
Rofi questioned the mechanism of
control and monitoring run by the Government in controling prices in the market
considering that in reality the Government had no command of stock as regulated
in the Perpres which made it difficult for the Government to make market
intervention.
Almost certainly the Perpres would
not be effective to day since the stock of rice was at minimum. The most
thinkable solution would be to import rice which was no pro-farmers.
If the Government was not serious
about controling, it was almost certain that the Perpres was nothing but
paperwork. Based on monitoring at Kelapa Dua Market in Tangerang in the post
Perpres era, it was unveiled that price of beef rose to Rp120,000/kg against
the previous Rp98,000/kg. Other commodity prices increased around 10% - 15%
above normal which was due to under supply and people’s consumption pattern
during Ramadhan. (SS)
Business News - July 1, 2015
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