*Bagaimana mau buruh dilindungi, kalau perusahaan sawit bangkrut? Mereka diberi tunjangan penganggur untuk berapa lama? Atau diberikan pekerjaan alternatif? Apakah sebenarnya yang mau dilindungi bukan buruh tetapi konco-konco bin sahabat pemilik perusahaan? Sesuai berita beberapa waktu lalu dikatakan bahwa NKRI sudah bisa merubah minyak kelapa sawit menjadi diesel, besin dan LPG, jadi buat apa repot-repot dengan EU yang memboikot palm oil? Bukankah NKRI adalah importir minyak bumi. Sudah bisa diproduksi diesel, besin dan Lpg sendiri, tak perlu lagi impor minyak, dari Arab Saudi, terkecuali kalau mau membantu negeri suci itu. *
*Kalau bisa bikin bahan-bahan tsb bisa hemat devisa. Jika hemat devisa bisa bayar hutang luar negeri atau tidak perlu pinjam banyak fulus. Alternatif lain ialah rubah tanaman kelapa sawit menjadi ladang padi, tebu, kacang kedelai. Bisa untuk produksi tempe, tahu yang tinggi kadar proteinnya. Produksi gula dinaikan dan tidak perlu impor, terkecuali dalam keadaan terpaksa. Dengan perubahan yang dimaksudkana bisa lebih banyak buruh dipekerjakan.* *Hehehehehehehehehehe Rezim tukang copet selalu banyak alasan putar balik untuk membohkan rakyat.* https://en.antaranews.com/news/124400/government-to-protect-16-million-palm-oil-industry-workers *Government to protect 16 million palm oil industry workers* *13 hours ago* [image: Government to protect 16 million palm oil industry workers]*Director General of Plantation at the Agriculture Ministry Kasdi Subagyono (two from right) opened the International Labor on Palm Oil Conference, in Jakarta on Friday (26/4/2019). (ANTARA/Subagyo)* *We can take stern measures. If we stop exporting palm oil to Europe many factories there will go bankrupt. However, we will make take a more persuasive approach* Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government is prepared to protect the 16.2 million workers employed in the palm oil sector, an Agriculture Ministry official said. The industry has been under threat after the European Union (EU) launched campaigns against palm oil, Director General of Plantation at the Agriculture Ministry Kasdi Subagyono said in Jakarta on Friday. "Should (the palm oil industry) collapse, this will have an extraordinary impact on the national economy. The state will intervene to protect the 16.2 million people who rely on palm oil," he said while opening the International Labor on Palm Oil Conference. Commenting on the EU's threat to the national palm oil industry through the Renewable Energy Directive (REID) 2 banning the use of palm oil as a biodiesel fuel, he said the threat is serious. "In facing the issue, we must also consider the continuation of inter-state relations in which we already have the EU Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). Hence, the issue should be referred to the WTO," he said. Since the REID 2 which described palm oil as a high-risk plant for the environment has been promulgated, it will no longer be subject to change, he said. "We can take stern measures. If we stop exporting palm oil to Europe, many factories there will go bankrupt. However, we will take a more persuasive approach," he said. *Related news: **B100 is answer to Indonesian palm oil discrimination by EU: Minister* <https://en.antaranews.com/news/123718/b100-is-answer-to-indonesian-palm-oil-discrimination-by-eu-minister> *Related news: **Trade diplomacy for Indonesian palm oil intensifies in Egypt* <https://en.antaranews.com/news/123285/trade-diplomacy-for-indonesian-palm-oil-intensifies-in-egypt> Reporter: Subagyo, Suharto Editor: Gusti Nur Cahya Aryani COPYRIGHT © ANTARA 2019
