Djarot Wants Price Hike on Cigarette to Be Reviewed Seriously
access_time August 10 2016 04:22 PM remove_red_eye 996
Reported by Suriaman Panjaitan | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
Reported by Suriaman Panjaitan | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
Discourse to raise the price of a pack of cigarettes by 50 percent surfaced on social media.
The impact is felt by the tobacco farmers, workers in the tobacco companies, so there must be calculation of the positive and negative impacts
Responding on this matter, Jakarta Vice Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat asks the policy must be reviewed seriously.
"Generally, we agree. Because one contributor to inflation in Jakarta is cigarette. But please to review it very well," said Djarot at Jakarta City Hall, Wednesday (8/10).
Selling on Sidewalk, Cigarette Stall on Jl Tebah SeizedHe assessed, if it is applied in Indonesia, it will have an impact on tobacco farmers to cigarette factory workers.
In other countries, cigarette is expensive as there is no cigarette factory.
"The impact is felt by the tobacco farmers, workers in the tobacco companies, so there must be calculation of the positive and negative impacts," he finished.
