The Golkar Party faction of the People's Consultative Assembly supports the government's policy regarding the obligation to place foreign exchange proceeds from natural resource exports domestically through Government Regulation Number 21 of 2026, which will come into effect.
This is because it is considered in line with the constitutional mandate for the greatest possible prosperity of the people.
Chairman of the Golkar Party Faction of the MPR RI, Melchias Markus Mekeng, in his statement in Jakarta, Thursday, said that the policy has a strong basis in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution which regulates state control over important branches of production and the management of natural resources for the welfare of the people.
"This means that all state economic policies must be tested based on one primary measure: whether they improve public welfare and social justice. Therefore, natural resource export policies should not solely aim to maximize corporate profits but should ensure the greatest possible benefit for all Indonesians," Mekeng said in a press statement at the Senayan Parliament Complex.
According to him, the DHE SDA allocation policy is an instrument to ensure that the economic benefits from exports of strategic commodities such as nickel, coal, palm oil, and other minerals can contribute more to the national economy.
"So the benefits are not only for the company but must be for the Indonesian people as much as possible," he said.
