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Energy minister reported over mineral export ban relaxation
A group of legal experts and environmentalists on Monday reported Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan to the Indonesian Ombudsman for alleged maladministration regarding newly issued regulations that provide further relief for the mineral export ban.
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Critical view: Aryanto Nugroho (left) and Ahmad Redi (center) of the Civil Society Coalition for the Constitution and Natural Resources speak to an ombudsman's representative when filing a report against Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan on Jan. 23. The group reported the minister for alleged maladministration regarding the issuance of new regulations that provide further relief for the mineral export ban. (JP/Viriya P. Singgih)
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group of legal experts and environmentalists on Monday reported Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan to the Indonesian Ombudsman for alleged maladministration regarding newly issued regulations that provide further relief for the mineral export ban.
On Jan. 11, the government issued a fourth revision of Government Regulation No. 23/2010 on the management of mineral and coal businesses, which allows miners to continue exporting copper concentrates, certain amounts of low-grade nickel ore and washed bauxite.
On the same day, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry issued ministerial regulations No. 5/2017 and No. 6/2017 that relaxed the export ban for the next five years and required miners to convert their contracts of work (CoW) into special mining licenses (IUPK).
“Law No. 12/2011 mandates that the public has the right to propose substance to be considered in the making of laws and regulations. But as those regulations were issued concurrently on the same day, people weren't able to use such rights,” Tarumanagara University legal expert Ahmad Redi said before filing the report against Jonan at the ombudsman’s office in Jakarta.
(Read also: Indonesia pledges leeway for obedient miners)
Ahmad represented the Civil Society Coalition for the Constitution and Natural Resources, which he said consisted of at least 20 institutions, in reporting the case to the ombudsman.
At present, the coalition is also collecting testimonies from various experts to use in filing a request for a judicial review at the Supreme Court against the relaxation policy, which it claims has violated the law. (hwa)
