Beer levy dispute needs inter-ministerial solution<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Director General of Domestic Trade Djoko Mulyono
\nsaid yesterday that the best way to solve the beer levy dispute
\nin Bali is for several ministries to discuss it.<\/p>\n
\"It is the best procedure because several ministries are
\ninvolved in setting up the levy,\" Djoko was quoted by Antara as
\nsaying.<\/p>\n
He said that the provincial administration of Bali actually
\nhas imposed, through a provincial ruling, a local levy of Rp 200
\n(8.6 U.S. cents) per bottle of beer.<\/p>\n
The provincial administration then appointed PT Arbamass Multi
\nInvesco as its partner to collect the levies.<\/p>\n
In practice, Arbamass raised the levy by 200 percent by
\nrequiring other distributors to buy the levy stickers at Rp 600
\nfor each bottle.<\/p>\n
Last Thursday, Minister of Industry and Trade Tunky Ariwibowo
\ntold reporters that he had been ordered by President Soeharto to
\nstop the private company, Arbamass, from collecting levies on
\nbeer sales in Bali.<\/p>\n
Tunky also promised that the government would issue a
\nregulation to end the dispute between Arbamass and beer brewers.<\/p>\n
Djoko said that the provincial administration's ruling on the
\nbeer levy was actually based on a directive from the Ministry of
\nHome Affairs.<\/p>\n
The vice governor of Bali, Ahim Abdurahim, last week said the
\nlocal administration was preparing a comprehensive report on the
\ndispute for the ministry.<\/p>\n
He said the appointment of the private company as the sole
\ndistributor in Bali was based on governor's decree No. 521\/1994.<\/p>\n
He further argued that the decree was a legal product based on
\na directive issued by the director general of regional autonomy
\nto provincial authorities in February 1994, saying that the
\ndistribution of liquor should be controlled so that it was not so
\nreadily available to young people.<\/p>\n
\"We have received reports from the Bali trade and industry
\noffice about the dispute. Judging from the reports, we came to
\nthe conclusion that the case needs an interdepartmental
\nsolution,\" Djoko said. (08)<\/p>",
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