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“We have to launch “New Deal” to create jobs, and to rescue the suffering from the crisis (which is partially caused by wrong approach, wrong prescription and wrong policies), including the weakening of the purchasing power because of fuel price increase. We have to bring hope to our people, and free them from fear and insecurity for their future.” (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, July 1st, 2006)

After promoted what he called “New Deal” in Losari, Indonesia’s fifth president, Yudhoyono led a cabinet limited meeting to review bio energy matters. The meeting that attended by vice president Yusuf Kalla and some Indonesian Unity Cabinet Ministers came out with presidential decree on bio fuel development national team to reduce poverty and unemployment. The team obligations are to formulate bio fuel development blue print to reduce poverty and unemployment, formulate bio fuel development road map to reduce poverty and unemployment, arrange bio fuel development formulation to be followed by all of the related institution as pointed in presidential instruction numbered 1/2206 on provision and use of bio fuel as alternative energy source, hold an evaluation on bio fuel development progress to reduce poverty and unemployment, and report the implementation of bio fuel progress to reduce poverty and unemployment to the President periodically.

According to Al Hilal Hamdi—chairman of bio fuel development national team, the objectives that want to be achieved in bio fuel development are among others, to provide three million occupations of works, to increase people’s income, to reduce poverty, to reduce petroleum usage at least 10 % in 2010 and to save reverse around US $ 10 billions. “It is also expected to increase the export of vegetable material at least 10-12 million kilo litters, then the usage of unused land and critical land at minimum of 5 million hectares, and the last, to develop countryside and food,” he said.

As a team who get President mandatory to supervise the implementation of bio fuel progression, national team conducted program called Joint Initiative for Bio fuel Development. The program involves 58 parties from monetary agency, joint venture group, investor, technology and research development agency, and society partnership development with total investment amount $12.4 billion. Banks are also expected to disburse US$2.7 billion in loans to support local farmers in supporting the bio fuels project. The loans are in addition to the planned investments.

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