InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA –Regional Representative or Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (DPD)through Committee II was invited by Legislators to give opinion about Palm oil Draft.

In the meeting done in Nusantara I, last week, Committee II told the opinion about the aspect, the business, the plantation cultivation, factory, the trade, the institution, and the other transitutional rules in the Draft.

Representing Committee II, there were Chairman of Committee II, Aji Mirza, Representative of Riau Island, Djasarmen Purba, and Representative of Aceh, Sudirman. In the meeting, Aji told, the Draft should be able to regulate the control of palm oil companies to the local people.

“So palm oil companies, more less, damage the environment, and also the people’s business, such as, ponds,” the representative of East Kalimantan said, as quoted from jpnn.com

Djasarmen Purba also told, the draft should prioritize the national and regional interests. He thought, the Draft should not be in sector and not be designed to some interest or political interests.

“The Draft should have good contribution both direct and indirect to increase the economy and the welfare for the people by developing palm oil in Indonesia,” he said. (T3)