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National scene: Susi refuses to resign
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti claimed that she had been offered Rp 5 trillion (US$383 million) to step down from her post
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aritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti claimed that she had been offered Rp 5 trillion (US$383 million) to step down from her post.
Susi claimed that the individual who offered her the payment could be involved in illegal fishing activities.
'It's illegal fishing. Do you think companies are not owned by people?' Susi told reporters at the State Palace on Wednesday as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Later through her verified Twitter account @susipudjiastuti, Susi said that she would not resign from her position.
'For a number of businesspeople, being a minister is not honorable. It is just another government position,' she said via Twitter on Thursday.
Susi has sparked controversy through her policies, especially the extension of a moratorium on permit issuances for foreign fishing trawlers and the banning of unsustainable fishing instruments such as cantrang (trawl), which has been blamed for damage to coral reefs and the seabed ecosystem.
A public opinion poll conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) in January revealed that 61 percent of the respondents considered Susi one of the best-performing ministers.
