Electability of Jokowi Disumatera Participates in Decline Because Rubber and Palm Commodity Prices Decline
IdNasional . Presidential candidate number 01 Joko Widodo said his electability on the island of Sumatra tended to fall, albeit slightly. "Why in Sumatra (electability) do we go down? Including in Jambi, in Riau, yes, even a little," Jokowi said when giving a briefing to the Jambi Province Regional Campaign Team on Sunday. "The problem is that commodity prices have dropped. The price of palm oil has dropped, rubber prices have dropped, and the price of coconuts is too," he continued. This condition causes farmers of oil palm, rubber and coconut to blame the government. Jokowi emphasized that the commodity prices could not be intervened by the state. Commodity prices are part of the price mechanism regulated by the global market. "The government, we cannot influence global prices. Yes, because it is a market mechanism," Jokowi said. Palm prices for example. Jokowi explained that the European Union had banned Indonesian palm oil commodities. This is because ...