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EXISTING COAL MINING CONTRACTS REMAIN EFFECTIVE : OFFICIAL
Jakarta, Dec 17 (ANTARA) - Existing work contracts on coal mining will remain effective despite the passage of the Bill on Minerals and Coal Mining by parliament (RUU Minerba), a senior energy ministry official said.
Director General for Minerals, Coals and Geothermal Affairs Bambang Setiawan said here on Wednesday existing coal mining work contracts and agreements would remain effective until they expired. "Article 169, point A of the RUU Minerba regulates that existing contracts will remain effective until they have ended," he said.
He said article 169 of the new law was important because the government was willing to respect existing contracts, "otherwise, we, as a nation, will be marginalized."
The director general said that the government was willing to consider existing coal mining work contracts not as a licenses as suggested in RUU Minerba.
"So, the contracts will not be turned into licenses," he added.
He said that although the government respected the KK and PKP2B, yet it would look into what articles in the new law that could be adjusted to the existing contracts.
Yasin Kara, a member of the Special Committee in charge of drafting the law in the House of Representatives (DPR) said on Sunday that coal mining companies operating under a KK or PKP2B would be required to adjust to the newly endorsed law.
The House of Representatives (DPR) passed the Bill on Minerals and Coal Mining into law at a plenary session on Tuesday.
The bill had been discussed by a DPR special committee and the government since July 4, 2005, said Yasin Kara.
During the plenary session which was attended by Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, three factions of the House walked out in disagreement with article 169 of the law.
Director General for Minerals, Coals and Geothermal Affairs Bambang Setiawan said here on Wednesday existing coal mining work contracts and agreements would remain effective until they expired. "Article 169, point A of the RUU Minerba regulates that existing contracts will remain effective until they have ended," he said.
He said article 169 of the new law was important because the government was willing to respect existing contracts, "otherwise, we, as a nation, will be marginalized."
The director general said that the government was willing to consider existing coal mining work contracts not as a licenses as suggested in RUU Minerba.
"So, the contracts will not be turned into licenses," he added.
He said that although the government respected the KK and PKP2B, yet it would look into what articles in the new law that could be adjusted to the existing contracts.
Yasin Kara, a member of the Special Committee in charge of drafting the law in the House of Representatives (DPR) said on Sunday that coal mining companies operating under a KK or PKP2B would be required to adjust to the newly endorsed law.
The House of Representatives (DPR) passed the Bill on Minerals and Coal Mining into law at a plenary session on Tuesday.
The bill had been discussed by a DPR special committee and the government since July 4, 2005, said Yasin Kara.
During the plenary session which was attended by Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, three factions of the House walked out in disagreement with article 169 of the law.
