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View all search resultsPDI-P vows to reject fuel price hike
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Ganjar Pranowo said the party maintained its position against the government's plan to raise subsidized fuel prices
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ndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Ganjar Pranowo said the party maintained its position against the government's plan to raise subsidized fuel prices.
He said the plan opened a path for the government to launch its direct assistance program, which he deemed as legitimized political bribery approaching the 2014 general election.
"PDI-P will never approve the plan even if we have to lose during the voting at the House of Representatives," Ganjar said as quoted by Kontan.co.id on Friday.
Ganjar said that if the government was really serious about protecting the poor from the impact of the subsidized fuel price hike, it should have launched a program that would develop and strengthen the
community instead of mere direct cash assistance.
For example, Ganjar said the government could have launched a micro-credit program that would have stimulated labor-intensive industries within villages throughout Indonesia.
PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri had earlier issued an order to all party members, to garner support from the people opposed to the government's plan to increase the price of subsidized fuel .(dic)
