Fuel price hike

Fuel price hike

From Media Indonesia

Price increases are normal as long as they are in keeping with the people's quality of life. Therefore, I do not see that a fuel price increase in Indonesia is appropriate now.

If the argument is that the price of fuel must be raised because the government has to stop the subsidy, then the government must also lower the interest rate to ensure that productivity will increase. In this way the government would make it possible to improve the welfare of all Indonesian people.

The proper approach by the government in this regard will demonstrate that it works for the benefit of the people and not the other way around.

When I was still employed in Jakarta, I never heard that the state oil company, Pertamina, had ever been able to improve efficiency levels in its production operations for the welfare of the people.

Allow me, therefore, to call on our leaders to help the Indonesian people, who have helped them to their positions as leaders of the Indonesian nation. Work for the benefit of the people, whose only concerns are to be able to lead decent lives -- to have a decent homes, decent jobs and to be able to raise their children in peace.

DENASTY

E-mail: denasty@tm.net.my