Cabinet Secretary Attends Coordination Meeting on Energy Policy and Economic Stimulus
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya attended a cross-ministerial/institutional coordination meeting related to planned energy policies and economic stimulus plans.
In a statement on the Cabinet Secretariat’s Instagram in Jakarta on Tuesday, the meeting was chaired by Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto via a Zoom video conference.
“The meeting discussed several planned policies related to adjustments in the energy sector to maintain economic stability and sustainability, as well as some economic stimulus policy plans,” said Teddy.
During the meeting, various strategic views were presented as considerations for policy formulation.
Attendees included Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, Minister of State Secretariat Prasetyo Hadi, Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM Rosan Roeslani, Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Abdul Mu’ti, and Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto.
In a limited meeting at the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta on Thursday (19/3), President Prabowo Subianto received reports from several ministers regarding the government’s anticipatory measures to maintain national energy resilience, particularly amid the threat of an oil crisis due to the war in Gulf countries and the Middle East.
The President instructed that efficiency be focused on specific sectors to maintain domestic energy stability and resilience.
In that meeting, the President received reports from Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, and Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto.
The efficiency steps taken by the President are a strategy to ensure the sustainability of national energy supplies while maintaining national economic stability amid global uncertainties.
“Through cross-ministerial coordination, the government seeks to ensure that energy-saving policies can be implemented effectively, on target, and without disrupting public economic activities,” stated the official release from the Presidential Secretariat.