Last Thursday, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the House of Representatives’ (DPR) Commission VII held a working meeting to discuss the use of the 2018 government budget. But questions were instead asked about the plan for Indonesian Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) to acquire Freeport Indonesia shares.

DPR member from the Gerindra Party Faction, Ramson Siagian, was the first to ask Minister Ignasius Jonan a series of questions a