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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 09:57
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HOUSE ASKS GOVT TO BE TRANSPARENT ON OIL CONTRACTS
Jakarta, Oct 28 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) through its Fuel Oil Inquiry Committee has asked the government to be transparent in concluding an oil and gas work contract so that supervision could be carried out effectively.
"We feel that a revision to the oil and gas law is needed so that we will be enable to understand the content of each contract concluded by the government and its contractors," Dradjad Wibowo, member of Inquiry Committee, said here on Tuesday.
He regretted the fact that so far each contract was only made at the knowledge of the government, the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulating Body (BP Migas) and the contractor itself.
After all, he said, there has been a special treatment given to certain contractors with a sharing ratio of 60:40 or 88:12.
He said that the House had the duty to supervise it but if it did not know the content of the contracts it of course could not carry out the supervision.
"Supervision so far is only conducted when there is exposure presentation after the contract is signed. How could we supervise if we do not know the substance of the articles in the contracts," he asked.
He said that if a problem arose later on, then the government turned to the House like in the case of Indover Bank.
"We never know it before, but when it (Indover bank) suffered from Rp7 trillion, then the government turned to the House," he said.
"We feel that a revision to the oil and gas law is needed so that we will be enable to understand the content of each contract concluded by the government and its contractors," Dradjad Wibowo, member of Inquiry Committee, said here on Tuesday.
He regretted the fact that so far each contract was only made at the knowledge of the government, the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulating Body (BP Migas) and the contractor itself.
After all, he said, there has been a special treatment given to certain contractors with a sharing ratio of 60:40 or 88:12.
He said that the House had the duty to supervise it but if it did not know the content of the contracts it of course could not carry out the supervision.
"Supervision so far is only conducted when there is exposure presentation after the contract is signed. How could we supervise if we do not know the substance of the articles in the contracts," he asked.
He said that if a problem arose later on, then the government turned to the House like in the case of Indover Bank.
"We never know it before, but when it (Indover bank) suffered from Rp7 trillion, then the government turned to the House," he said.
