Jakarta, LINews – MyPertamina application to buy subsidized fuel Pertalite and Solar which is being discussed by netizens because of various controversial and original things. After reinstalling the MyPertamina digital financial service application, it turned out to be integrated with a similar application, namely LinkAja. So for the purchase of BBM, the buyer must have funds at LinkAja.
Even though the program only started July 1, 2022, I tried to fill/transfer funds to the application as needed. After the funds came in, I saw that there was an admin fee of Rp. 1,000,-. It doesn’t seem meaningful because it’s only a thousand, but then I thought, how many Admin Fees will go to LinkAja in the transaction to buy subsidized fuel.
Because there are millions of consumers who will definitely top up funds to LinkAja, it can be several times a day. With the number of motorized vehicles (cars and motorcycles) in Indonesia in 2022 as much as 145 million, that’s the amount of admin money that LinkAja will get easily and while sleeping.
Assume that only 10% of those who buy subsidized fuel mean 14.5 million, then 14.5 million x Rp. 1,000 (Rp. 14.5 billion) for each transaction will enter LinkAja in a relaxed manner. If in a month, say 14.5 million customers, an average of 5 x top ups, Rp. 72.5 billion walks into LinkAja. That’s with the assumption that only 10% of vehicle owners (cars & motorcycles) buy subsidized fuel. It’s amazing how white-collar criminals look for extra money, aka KKN.
If those who use subsidized fuel are 20%, 30%, 50% or more, just multiply the lucrative profits that their KKN mafia can achieve in an instant. Not to mention if you top up more than 5 x a month.
It deserves two thumbs up for MyPertamina and LinkAja’s foresight in this KKN. I opened it on Google, LinkAja is a digital financial service from Telkomsel as the largest shareholder (25%), then Bank Mandiri, BNI46, BRI (@ 20 %), BTN, Pertamina (@ 7 %), and Jiwasraya, Danareksa (@ 1 %). This is how they drain people’s money.
So where is Ahok (Basuki Tjahaya Purnama) Komut Pertamina, how come he is silent and there is no sound. Hopefully not because of LinkAja’s fresh funds splashed. Pertamina authorities must immediately speak about this application because the appointment of the MyPertamina application operator is also not through tenders and beauty contests. Alias are just pointing and potentially part of the collusion and nepotism of certain parties.
Slow App
MyPertamina is a digital financial service application from Pertamina and members of State-Owned Enterprises that is integrated with the LinkAja application. This application is used to pay for subsidized fuel oil Pertalite and Solar, on a non-cash basis at Pertamina’s public fueling stations.
The policy came into effect on July 1, 2022, targeting users of 4-wheeled vehicles and users of Pertalite and Solar fuel. Three days after the policy was implemented, people complained that the MyPertamina application did not meet their expectations. Negative reviews about the application flooded the comments column on the Google Play Store.
From the review on Sunday 3 July 2022 at 11.00 WIB, the MyPertamina application received a rating of 1.3 out of 219,422 user comments. The majority of them complain about the application error when used. Users claim to have had a bad experience when using this forced application.
One user wrote about an unpleasant experience when using MyPertamina. He asked Pertamina to review the rules for using MyPertamina when refueling at gas stations.
“The application is error and slow. Instead, it will be faster to come to the pump, fill and pay. It’s better to make it easier on direct service, don’t use random or random applications. Unless the application can deliver orders, those who run out on the road, at home or anywhere else use this application, then the gas station can deliver and the price is the same. If you can still go directly to the location, you don’t need an application, because people can directly enter it themselves,” said the netizen, on one of the social media.
Maybe the creators of the MyPertamina application forgot that at gas stations it is forbidden to use cellphones, sometimes the blame for corruption is abduction of people and the perpetrators of corruption always forget the rules they made themselves. (Vhe)
