PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – The Indonesian Legislators of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Agency (BKSAP) persist in safeguarding the national interests by advocating for the palm oil and nickel sectors of Indonesia before the European Union (EU) Parliament.
The primary focus is on addressing the discrimination faced by Indonesia within the EU Parliament, aiming to safeguard the country’s economy at the national level.
Fadli Zon, the Chairman of BKSAP Indonesian Legislators, emphasized their commitment to actively engage with the concerns and information directly from planters and nickel miners across Indonesia. Following discussions with representatives from the Indonesian Nickel Miners Association (INMA) and the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA) at the delegation hall in Gedung Nusantara, Indonesian Legislators, Senayan, Jakarta, Fadli Zon highlighted their dedication to addressing the issues affecting these vital sectors.
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“We hope to get information, inputs, and aspirations directly from planters, or from miners to know our position. We also knew that EU through its parliament has done something that could be a loss for us both in palm oil and nickel sectors,” he said.
To know detail output about palm oil and nickel ore issues, he suggested INMA and IPOA to formulate ‘white paper’. The documents would be the strong basic data to encourage BKSAP Indonesian Legislators in the international level.
“We want to clarify the issues. We would know our position to defend palm oil and nickel before EU Parliament. This is part of our diplomacy fight,” he said.
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He also mentioned that by the ‘white paper’, his institution would take the aspirations before EU Parliament and would block the plea of EU to the products from Indonesia that EU accused to have deforestation particularly in the mainstay commodities.
“We would know our position from the output and would be taken before EU Parliament by Indonesia delegations. BKSAP would also deliver the output for EU Parliament. It is about to know which accusations are reasonable or unreasonable,” he said.
By having these concrete ways – audience and formulating ‘white paper’, BKSAP would know what to argue to fight for discrimination in palm oil and nickel sectors from Indonesia in international level. (T2)
