REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Sofyan Djalil will communicate with the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda) on its plan to hold a nationwide strike on Wednesday against the subsidized fuel prices hikes.

"We hope not (no nationwide strike), we will communicate and discuss it, Organda should also consider the interests of the larger part (of nation)," the senior minister said when asked by the press on Tuesday.

With the increase of the subsidized fuel price, then the subsidy can be transferred to infrastructure development, in effort to support the economy, the minister noted. On Monday, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced the increase in the price of premium gasoline to 8.5 thousand IDR per liter from 6.5 thousand IDR and that of automotive diesel oil to 7.5 thousand IDR from 5.5 thousand IDR per liter.

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