"Don`t ask me about when it`s going to be implemented exactly."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Radjasa has confirmed that the government will limit the subsidized oil fuel consumption by the four-wheeled private-owned cars that will be enacted in the near future.
"Our concern is to reduce the subsidized oil fuel for the black-plated (private-owned) cars," said the minister here on Tuesday.
Regarding the subsidized oil fuel limitation plan, Radjasa said the technical studies about this limitation have been prepared seriously by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and then its implementation pending from the president.
"Don`t ask me about when it`s going to be implemented exactly. If you want to talk about the technical thing, go ask to the minister of energy and mineral resources," he said.
Previously, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Jero Wacik said the government had prepared a scenario to raise the price of premium and diesel fuel types for the private-owned cars from Rp4,500 to Rp6,500-Rp7,000 per liter.
Meanwhile, the subsidized oil fuel for motor cycles and public transportation remain the same which is Rp4,500 per liter.
According to Wacik, if the subsidized oil fuel price hike could be started in May 2013, the government could save Rp21 trillion of subsidy funds.
He added, during a coordination meeting on April 16, almost all of Indonesian governors had agreed to the oil fuel price hike`s option plan that will be taken by the central government.
"We have agreed to increase fuel price to Rp6,500 per liter for the black-plated cars. In fact, some governors have asked its economical price directly. It means that the price hike option has been approved," said the minister.
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