PERSONAL GUARANTY STOP THE CRISIS !

Finally, after more than three week on electricity crisis, Batam Island now gate the solution. That is the Indonesian Energy and Resources Ministry, Purnomo Yusgiantoro personal guaranty. Yusgiantoro said to Riau Island Province Governor Ismeth Abdullah on May 30, 2008 in Jakarta.

Ismeth together with the Majority of Batam Ahmad Dahlan, The Chief of BIDA – Batam Industrial Development Authority – Mustofa Widjaya and other delegations from Batam Island met with the Minister. The output of this meeting is the electricity in Batam Island has running well since two day ago. This is just for housing only, the industrial park management still complain to the government. Because the gas supply from the PT. Gas Negara (PGN) Batam to the industrial park in Batam not running smoothly.

At lease, the Batam community can continue their convertible living after they gate the economic problem, that is the hike oil prices. The question is, are the electricity crisis in Batam Island finished with the ministry personal guaranty? And as the foreign investor, do you believe with minister personal guaranty for your strategic need of industry?

The local governments continue the moving to getting other best solution of the electricity crisis in Batam Island and other island in Riau Island Province. But, as a journalist, I didn’t see the fundamental solution. That is, the transparency and professionalism of the PT. PLN Batam – as the government company for electricity supply. But, I believe the new anti corrupt institution of Indonesia – we called with KPK or Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi – can do better to investigate the financial management of PT. PLN Batam. When? One day. (!)