The Director General of PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara, Joao Angelo De\nSousa Mota, was absent from a working session and public hearing held by\nCommission VI of the House of Representatives regarding the\nimplementation of the Red and White Village Cooperative (KDKMP)\nprogramme. Members of the House of Representatives collectively demanded\nthe postponement of the meeting and questioned the absence of the\nrelevant parties.<\/p>\n
The meeting took place in Commission VI\u2019s chamber at the House of\nRepresentatives building in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday, 11\nMarch 2026. The session was attended by representatives from the\nMinistry of Cooperatives, including Cooperative Minister Ferry\nJuliantono.<\/p>\n
Vice Chairman of Commission VI, Nurdin Halid, immediately interrupted\nthe proceedings at the start of the meeting to address the Agrinas\nchief\u2019s absence. He noted that the meeting was crucial for seeking\nclarification regarding the import of 105,000 pickup trucks from\nIndia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis meeting is important, very important\u2014why is the Agrinas\nDirector General not present?\u201d Nurdin Halid stated during the\nhearing.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonourable members of Commission VI, the Director General of PT\nAgrinas Pangan Nusantara is currently unwell. Last night whilst we were\nin a meeting, he was already dressed and perspiring profusely from\nfever, and after returning home he developed a high temperature,\u201d\nexplained Elphis Rudy, Director of Procurement at PT Agrinas Pangan\nNusantara.<\/p>\n
PDIP faction spokesman for Commission VI, Mufti Anam, requested\nclarification on when Director General Joao Angelo would be available.\nHe sought to understand whose interests lay behind the import of 105,000\npickup trucks from India.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe demand seriousness from Agrinas\u2014when can the Director General be\npresent here, sir? When can you message us today? Will it be this\nevening, or will we wait for you tomorrow?\u201d Mufti Anam asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is serious for us because 105,000 vehicles is a very large\nquantity. We want to know whose interests are behind this. When we asked\nearlier, the Cooperative Minister said he did not know. Even the end\nusers, the village heads, were not consulted,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He called for the Commission VI meeting with related partners to be\npostponed. Mufti contended that the Agrinas Director General had shown\ncontempt for the Indonesian people.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Agrinas not only violated our constitution and disrespected\nthe people, but also disrespected the Cooperative Minister. We request\nthat this meeting be postponed,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
Another Commission VI member, Sturman Panjaitan, requested that the\nAgrinas Director General\u2019s condition be verified directly. He raised\nthis concern due to conflicting reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe information we received earlier from the PDIP faction\nspokesperson is contradictory\u2014first they said he would arrive at 10\no\u2019clock, then they said he was ill, then they said he was at home. Which\nhome?\u201d Sturman remarked.<\/p>\n
Sturman expressed hope that Commission VI could directly verify the\ncondition of Joao Angelo. The PDIP legislator wished to establish the\nfacts.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf permissible, I propose we visit him ourselves,\u201d Sturman\nsuggested, drawing laughter from fellow members.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us send a team to verify that his health is genuinely\nsatisfactory, lest we summon him whilst he is ill and cause him further\nharm,\u201d he added.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/agrinas-director-generals-absence-sparks-protests-from-commission-vi-dpr-members-1773215561", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }