Liputan6.com, jakarta – The Minister of Trade (Mendag) for the period 2015-2016 Thomas Trikasikh Lembong (Tom Lembong) said that he signed the approval of a letter about the expansion of the operation in the cooperative sugar market in 2015.
Because at that time he served as the Minister of Trade for only 14 days, so the letter that should be signed by the Minister was usually developed by structural officials in the corresponding sector.
“Thus, at that time, I certainly signed a letter about the proposal and contribution from my subordinates who took care of related issues,” said Tom Lembong at a hearing on the defendant’s exam in the corruption court of Dzhakart (Tipikor), on Tuesday (1/7), as Antara said.
In addition to the introduction of his subordinates, he claimed that he also refers to the letter of the previous minister of trade, which then belonged to Rachmata gobel.
Tom emphasized that as a new minister of trade, an employee for two weeks and was responsible for a rather extensive sector, such as international trade, domestic trade, consumer protection, etc., then at that time he relied only on the system.
Despite the fact that from the point of view of significant issues, he is also largely relied on by officials of career, career officials, structural officials who have long worked in the Ministry of Trade (Ministry of Trade) and ensure the continuity of the policy that was pursued.
“Where it, of course, is a continuation of the task, which was given by the predecessors,” he said.
For this reason, according to him, if a letter, including a letter about expanding the operation in the Inkopar market, the process and the procedure have passed as long as it has been operating for a long time, so he agreed.
“Since the ministry usually has a control sheet, there is a system, including approval, multi -level approval from the lower echelon up,” Tom said.
