Gita Wirjawan Siapkan Argumentasi Hadapi Tuduhan KPPU
Gita Wirjawan Claimed is Ready to Explain KPPU`s Allegation
Reporter : Gatot Priyantono
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Selasa, 13 Agustus 2013
Menteri Perdagangan Gita Wirjawan (Foto: B2B)

Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Perdagangan Gita Wirjawan mengatakan siap menjelaskan soal tuduhan keterlibatan kartel bawang putih dalam sidang Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Perdagangan (KPPU).

Gita menyatakan optimistis tuduhan KPPU terhadap dirinya dan Direktur Jenderal Perdagangan Luar Negeri Bachrul Chairi itu tak akan terbukti.

"Kami percaya apa yang sudah kami lakukan itu sesuai ketentuan," katanya.

Sebelumnya, Gita disebut sebagai terlapor karena diduga mengetahui persekongkolan antara Dirjen Perdagangan Luar Negeri Kementerian Perdagangan dengan pengusaha bawang putih. Tak terima dituduh terlibat persekongkolan, Gita pun sempat secara resmi mengirimkan surat somasi kepada KPPU.

KPPU menyatakan Gita bersama 19 perusahaan terindikasi melakukan kartel perdagangan bawang putih periode November 2012-Februari 2013.


Jakarta (B2B) - Minister of Trade Gita Wirjawan claimed that he is ready to explain his involvement in the garlic cartel to the Comission for the Supervision of Business Competition (KPPU).

Minister Gita feels confident that KPPU´s allegation on both him and Bachrul Chairi, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, will not be proven.

"We believed that what we did was according to regulation," Gita said.

Previously, Minister Gita was allegedly accused of hiding information about a conspiracy between the Directorate General of Foreign Trade with garlic traders. Gita then filed an objection on the allegation to KPPU.

Gita, along with 19 companies, were suspected to be involved in the cartel practice between November 2012 - February 2013.
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