PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – Ombudsman Indonesia member Yeka Hendra Fatika emphasized the importance of establishing clean and transparent governance in Indonesia’s palm oil industry. He conveyed this during his speech at the “Workshop on Strengthening Indonesian Palm Oil Governance,” organized by the Indonesian Palm Oil Smallholders Association (DPP APKASINDO) on Wednesday at the Ministry of Agriculture auditorium.
Yeka highlighted the strategic role the palm oil sector plays in the national economy but warned that without transparent governance free from maladministration, the sustainability of the industry could be compromised. “Good and clean governance ensures that the palm oil industry in this country can grow and remain globally competitive,” he said, as quoted by Palmoilmagazine.com on Saturday (12/10/2024).
He also addressed the issue of maladministration, which continues to occur in public services related to palm oil management, particularly in permitting and legal enforcement. According to Yeka, these issues hinder the development of the palm oil industry and harm smallholders.
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“Maladministration in palm oil governance frequently occurs at the public service level, from permitting processes to legal enforcement. The Ombudsman will continue to urge the government to enhance monitoring systems and improve administrative procedures,” he stated.
To improve these, he took the smallholders and others to actively play their roles to supervise the government’s policies about palm oi and emphasized it would be significant to get collaboration among the government, the smallholders, and the people to confirm that every policy would effectively run without fraud. “The smallholders and people’s active roles would be very significant to monitor the government’s policies about palm oil so that every policy would be effectively running without any fraud,” he said.
The workshop would be the important moment to reinforce palm oil industrial governance by emphasizing mal-administration prevention and involving every related party to maintain the sustainability that would have something to do with the economy of this country. (P2)
