Agriculture Ministry's Right of Reply

We wish to respond to the report in Tempo's issue of February 24-March 2 titled Electoral Games with Fertilizer. In my view, the article is not in accordance with the Agriculture Ministry's clarification.

The following are some points of clarification:

1. We consider the title of the news report highly tendentious.

2. The government's ability to provide subsidized fertilizer was indeed inadequate to meet the