FUELS
Divided Over Fuel Price Cuts
The cabinet is divided over the government’s decision to lower fuel prices. The State Budget is deemed secure.
November 11, 2008
ON Thursday last week the Graha Sawala Auditorium of the Finance Department wasn’t like it was five months ago when all members of the cabinet were present to announce an increase in fuel prices. Only Finance Minster Sri Mulyani, Energy & Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, and presidential spokesman Andi Alfian Mallarangeng were there—this time to announce the lowering of the price of premium-grade gasoline from Rp6,000 to Rp5,50
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