This Blog content Geopolitics link to the Oil Gas Natural Resources General Mining Cooper Gold and legal aspects. The Operator of this Blog Agung Supomo Suleiman had Geopolitics Education - during his studies of International Public Law in the Faculty of Law University of Indonesia & 35 Practice Law Experiences Combined - Inhouse Legal Counsel & Independent Business Lawyer in the Oil Gas General Mining Cooper Gold - Natural Resources
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Geo Politics : The Answer Why Pelosi visits Taiwan
- PELOSI follows Mike Pompeo Vision described in front of Hudson Institution.
The reason why Pelosi ex-Chairman Congress visited Taiwan, according to our observation is that she was following the Speach Vision of -Ex-Director of CIA -Mike Pompeo, thorns in Front of the Hudson Institue -Think Thank,
In such occasion, Mike Pompeo emphasized that in order to maintain USA Hegemony in the Global - Fossils Energy-Infrustructure Chain from Upstream to Down Stream, which includes Refinery, export, transportation, onshore thru Pipeline, Via Ocean - Sea - LNG Tankers, Storage Facilities etc.
👉👉👉USA Elite Politics must reject CHINA in collaboration with Russia, in the EURASIA, becoming the Major Control in the Fossils - Fuel Energy competing USA.
What he meant by EURASIA is that :
By Russia, in the Western Europe, as well as Eastern Europe, and
by the People's Republic of China's in the South China Sea.
- VISION - STRATEGY
The VISION -Strategy for USA - to maintain its Strong Basis, there must be or 3 (Three) Light House, established:
1) In the Middle East - The Light House is Israel
2) In Europe, the Light House is Ukraine
3) In Southeast Asia, the Light House is Taiwan,
In Taiwan, Mike Pompeo said that USA must recognize Taiwan as an Independent Nation.
Not long after the above presentation, Pelosi's visited Taiwan on August 2, 2022.
Mike Pompeo also visited Taiwan, not long after such above presentation.
REMARKS :
We understand that USA until this moment is still admitting and recognizing "One China Policy", with the understanding that USA Foreign Policy only recognize The People's Republic of China.
The controversial visit by Pelosi puts the White House in a very delicate situation of diplomacy with China.
China strongly opposed upon this controversial visit by Pelosi. This was really a sensitive issue, where even before Pelosi's place landed in Taiwan, Chinese Fighter Jets flee close to the median line separating Taiwan and China, according to the news in the TV media.
When President Joe Biden met the People's Republic of China President Xi Jin Ping in BALI G20 SUMMIT 2022, Joe Biden emphasized that USA recognize One China Policy.
This is a real good move made by Biden to ease the high tension between USA and China before the BALI G20 Summit meeting,
Saturday, May 23, 2020
SUMMARY GOVERNMENT MUST INSTROPECT & CONSISTENT VERSUS MIX IN ONE SIDE ALLOWS BUT ON OTHER SIDE PROHIBITS RELAXATION LARGE SCALE SOCIAL DISTANCING
- First Part is The Writer Brief Analysis of Percepction upon such Governor Presentation
- Second Part was the Converted Written Governor of Jakarta Presentation at ILC 19 Mei 2020 Discusion - from Oral Presentation to be converted in Writing by the Writer.
There seems to be several inconsistencies in making statements by several Ministers of Central Government, concerning how the Jakarta Resident must behave to handle reducing the spreading of the Pandemic COVID -19 in Jakarta, which is the Epicentrum of Workers from outside of Jakarta, which includes JAGODETABEK (Jakarta Bogor Depok Tanggerang Bekasi), surrounding Jakarta.
These results major confusion and frustration to the Jakarta Residents, how to behave, especially to the Medical Doctors and Nurses in Jakarta Hospitals, who had for more than 2 (two)Months from March 2020, treating the Covid-19 Patients, as well as Patients who are under control and monitored, in several appointed Hospitals in Jakarta, where many of them had died and passsed away around 55 Medical Staffs;
Some of the Inconsistence Statements is relating to the tradition of the Workers in Jakarta, going back to their original village outside of Jakarta, where the President, made a difference meaning between "Pulang Kampung" (Go Home to their Village) and "Mudik" (going back to their original place during the Idul Fitri - Lebaran) during an interview with Najwa Shihab, on a Television Show, one day before President declared Large Scale Social Distancing (PSBB).The President explained there could be un-employed workers staying in one small room with several other person in Jakarta, which could be vunerable for transmiting Covid-19. That is why it is more proper for such person to go back to his original Kampung, in such condition. The Writer see a good point from said President explanation.
Before the above interview, many Jakarta Residents who were laid off by their Employer in their Place of Work, in reality had already gone back to their original Village", because they are no longer employed, due to the Pandemic - 19, causing no money to pay their rental room payments in Jakarta.
Such movements of Workers going back to their original Village are usually named "Mudik lebih dahulu" or "go back to their original Village/Kampung earlier".The requirement of not going MUDIK, made by several Government Officers were made through oral "Suggestion Statements" (ANJURAN) and not in the form or Rulings.
However in reality since there are no " Written Rulings Restriction" issued by the Government. prohibing the MUDIK , this had caused confusion to the Officers at the Point of Exit from Jakarta to outside Jakarta, either in the Train Station, as well as in the "Exit Point of Toll Road", how to handle such non written Suggestions Statements or ANJURAN.
The above Officers had no Legal Ground in form of Written Legal Rulings to do "Enforcement" of such Suggestions Statements.Later when the Prohibition not allowed to "Go Mudik" was issued by the Minister of Transportation through a Ministerial Decree, there were exceptions, for certain Essential Workers, such as Energy, Food Logisitic, from Government Institutions, and from Private Sectors,.
These exceptions creates certain "Loop Holes" for Verification Validity of the Documents required to be completed, for instance, for person who claimed working in Private Sectors, how can, we check whether such Private Company really exists ?
- Do we have to check in detail about the Legality Documents of such Private Company ?
- Does the Officers in the Airport have time to check all such Legal Corporation Valid Documents, including whether such passenger really works in such Private Company ?
- Thus, any person in the private Sectors, can manipulate their data.
On the first day it was applied, we could watch Huge Crowd of passengers queeing to complete the adminstratiom verification, without following Social Distancing in Terminal 2 Soekarno Hatta.
It appears that the Airport Officcers were not prepared handling such Huge Crowd of passengers
The Photos of such Crowd Passengers Queeing showed "no honour of Social Distancing" in Terminal 2 Soeta - Hatta International Airport.
MOTTO : WHATEVER INDONESIA or Indonesia ?? Terserah or "Whatever" was shown Viral in the Social Media conducted by Doctors who are tired due of ignorence from the Government Inconsistancies Statements as Well as from the People who had established "Potential New Clusters" such as shown in Terminal 2 Soeta - Hatta Airport.There was also different statements concerning the issue that under age of 45 are allowed to work during the Pandemic-19, whereby the Head of the State Owned Company addressed that workers with the age below 45 are to start working on 25 Mei 2020.
However, one of the other Coordination Ministers within the Cabinet. states there are no such ruling.
So we can observe that Several Inconsitencies Statements made by the Ministers within the Central Government, resulting new huge Tight Gathering of People "not honouring Social Distance" such as shown in Terminal 2 Soeta - Hatta Airport, which can potentialy create New Cluster of Transmiting Covid -19, resulted Protests by the Medicla Doctors by wearing Outfits showing : Motto : Whatever Indonesia….or Indonesia ?? Terserah - Whatever.
This is why the Governor of Jakarta Anies Bawesdan emphasized in his Presentation for the Government to make "INSTROPECTIONS" and to "NOT Making Mixing Statements" on one side allowing relaxation of Large Scale Social Distancing (PSBB), but on the other side prohibits relaxation of PSBB.
The Governor of Jakarta, says that before the PSBB was approved to be regulated by the Minister of Health on 10 April 2020, the Governor of Jakarta, in the middle of March 2020 which was on 15 March 2020, had already made policies and persuasions for the Jakarta Residents to Stay at Home, Close the Schools (Learn from Home), close the Public Park.
This was named by he Governor of Jakarta as the FIRST PHASE OF LIMITATION - or CLOSING of Schools, Public Parks, Regulating certain Jakarta Public Transportation to prevent the spreading of the Covid 19 in Jakarta.
As we all know The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Jokowi Widodo, had instructed that any Lock Down or Large Scale Social Distancing, "can only" be issued by the Central Goverment.
THE GOVERNOR OF JAKARTA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH SAFETYNESS OF ALL JAKARTA RESIDENTS
The Governor of DKI said that he involved the Team from the Faculty of Public Health University of Indonesia (Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat Universitas Indonesia - "FKMUI TEAM") chaired by Dr. PanduRiono."The Governor of Jakarta clearly states that it is the Governor of Jakarta, who is responsible to protect the health safetyness of all Jakarta Residents."
- (i) Staying at Home or
- (ii) doing
activities movements outside their Homes
This method was used through Smart Hand Phone of the Jakarta Residents being monitored by the FKMUI TEAM.
If it is below R1 the possibility to transmit to other person is minimal or none.
If it is R3 it means 1 person is potential to transmit to 3 person.
5th March 2020 R4, 1st Mei 2020 1,08
4th Mei 2020 (1,8) 5th Mei 2020 (1,8) Until 17th Mei 2020 1,11
But since the Governor of Jakarta had requested the Jakarta Residents to Stay at Home, Work From Home, Learn From Home for Students, and Closed Public Park among other Anchol Beach, Taman Mini, this results the Graphic of the Reproduction Number "had gone down from the Figure R4 to R 1,11.
These 2 (Two) Weeks or 14 Days Period is "REALLY VERY IMPORTANT", because if all the Jakarta Residents choose to Stay at Home and not choose Relaxing by going and making activities movements outside Home, in order to establish the "NEW NORMAL" in Jakarta starting from the 5th of June 2020, where Jakarta Residents can go outside of their Home, but still have to follow the Protocol Procedure from The TASK FORCE by Social Distancing, Wearing Maskers, Washing Hands.
- (i) Staying At Home during the Extension of the PSBB or
- (ii) start Relaxing by going out and making movements activities ou of the House.
Since Jakarta is the Capital City of Indonesia, where it is the Central of Business and Financial District and the Places of of the Central Government, it is REALY VERY IMPORTANT to reached this target to lower the Curve of Transmition which is already stable showing the number of R 1,11 on 17th Mei 2020,
PROHIBITNG MUDIK - GOING BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL VILLAGE OR COMING TO JAKARTA.
The Governor of Jakarta says that The Provincial Jakarta Government, always Issued Rules concerning these important issues, so that the Officers in the Field such as in the Airports can simply check by Scanning, since the Jakarta had already established Website https://corona.jakarta.go.id/idThe person who are allowed to travel can down load a ready form from the Website, the destination to go, what work sector is the person going.
There will be a QR Code, so that the Officers in the Field can simply Scan for the validity of the Documents.
If its valid they can go; But if not Valid such person has to return back home.
The Governor of Jakarta emphasized that :So there is already "established coordinations" between the Provincial Jakarta Authorities and the Military and Policy Officers, as regulated by the Jakarta Provincial Government as well to be in consistence with the Health Protocol Covid 19 Rules.
JAKARTA are also "CLOSED for this YEAR from the people who elected to go back to their Original City, as well as People who had taken their Mudik to come back to Jakarta, in order to avoid spreading transmiting Covid 19.This was emphasized by the Governor of Jakarta in his Presentation, since all the Jakarta Residents had worked hard for 2 Months by staying at home to prevent spreading Covid - 19.
Well, the Writer of this blog feels the above Brief Summary is sufficient for the Readers Speaking English to get a glance brief picture of the Governor of Jakarta's Presentation on 19th of Mei 2020 at the Indonesian Lawyers Club (("ILC") Discussion chaired by Mr. Karni Ilyas from TV ONE Channnel.
Jakarta, 23 March 2020 edited 23 March 2020 at 8.20 AM
Agung Supomo Suleiman
Independent Writer - Non Particant
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Combined Experience Company Man - Self - Employed
There are several reasons, he started working as a Self-Employed Independent Business Lawyer, among others was his passion to experienced as an independent business lawyer.
There are the ups and downs in terms of Cash Flow, and not like comparing if you work as A Company man, where every end of each month, you will get a fixed income salary.
- If you are Self -Employed you feel more freedom in pursuing your life journey, where you can combine your work with pleasure, since you possessed more flexible in terms of places and time hours. You do not have to wait until Saturday nor Sunday to spent your time relaxing, since you are you own boss. However in the terms of Cash - Flow there are always an uncertainty and acrobatic position, since you are no longer gaining a fixed income.
The Writer of this Blog really enjoyed making experimental positive experienced in his life path by choosing to be more Independent practicing his Legal Professional as an Independent Business Lawyer - self-employed, when he reached the age of 46;Thanks to the ALLAH the Al Mighty, for His blessings and allowing the writer of this Blog experiencing a combined life journey, being a Company Man for 15 Years and an Independent Business Lawyer - Self-Employed Person for more than 18 Years.
On this Year of 2017, with the permit of ALLAH the Al Mighty, the writer of this Blog had been given the opportunity to live for more than 65 Years in this World, where he felt that that it is a new Life Journey Phase Stage, where he has to start learn how to survive maintaining a good healthy physically, spiritually, mentally and emotionally way life with his family.
Jakarta, 21 May 2017
Agung Supomo Suleiman
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Differences Concept Legal Right Title Ownership Mineral Natural Resources Indonesia Versus other Countries
The Target of this ruling is to create and develop Value Added to the Raw General Mining Products, before it is exported to outside of the Mining Jurisdiction of Indonesia. In order to boost the development of this Smelter Processing Plants in Indonesia, certain interesting Incentives should be given to the Mining Companies, by the Indonesian Government. Accordingly, in reality, there must always be a trade off to achieve the goals and target of a certain Government Policy to increase Value Added to the Raw General Mining Ores produced from the General Mining Territory of Indonesia. The financial conditions, weakness and strenghtness of a certain Country will surely influence the leverage of bargaining and negotiating such Host Country who invites Foreign Investors to be involved in extracting, exploring, exploiting and producing Mineral Natural Resources in such Host Country.
For example if we talk about PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), who is conducting General Mining operations in Indonesia, than based on Article 10 paragraph 5 of PT FI Contract of Work ("PT FI's COW"), it regulates that the Company (PT Freeport Indonesia ("PT FI") acknowledges the Government's Policy to encourage the domestic processing of all of its natural resources into final products where feasible. The Company further acknowledges the Government desire that a copper smelter and refinery be established in Indonesia and agrees that it will make available copper concentrates derived from the Contract Area for such smelter and refinery so established in Indonesia as provided below........In the event that during the five period commencing on the signing of this Agreement, a copper smelter and refinery facility to be located in Indonesia has not been established or is not in the process of being constructed by any Person, the, subject to the mutual determination by the Government and the Company as to the economic viability of such smelter and refinery, the Company shall undertake or cause to undertaken the establishment of a copper and smelter refinery in Indonesia to comply with the Policy of the Government.
As implementation of this provision, PT FI through its affiliates PT Smelting Gresik in Surabaya had constructed the Smelter Processing Plant, whereby Mitshubishi Materials owned 60.5 % and PT FI owner 25%, Mishubishi Corporation 9.5% and Nippon Mining and Metals Co owned 5% of the Equity/Shares issued by PT Smelting Gresik. Chiyoda had constructed this Smelter Plant Facilities in the amount of USD 500 Million.The feedstock smelter is shipped from Freport Grassberg which distance around 2,600 Kilometer from the Smelter Facilities which is closed to Petrokimia Gresik, a Government Fertilizer, who used smelter sufuric acid, and this was the prime reason why the Smelter Gresik was build in this Location.http://www.mmc.co.jp/sren/Gresik.htm The copper smelting and refining complex consists of the smelter itself, which produces copper anodes and process off-gasses high in SO2, the sulfur acid plant, the tankhouse and any other infrastructure within the Site Boundary, including waste water plant, jetty and wharf and material handling facilities.
We observe that Gresik Smelting Facilities processed 40% of PT FI Copper Mining products output, while the remaining 60% of PT FI's contrates output are exported, In implementing this provision of the COW, Mitsubishi together with PT Freeport Indonesia had developed PT Smelting Gresik in Gresik Surabaya, in the Year 1997, operated by PT Mitsubishi and PT FI, whereby a certain long term agreement between PT Freeport Indonesia as a General Cooper Mining Company and this Gresik Smelter Processing Plant to process the Cooper Mining Product to produce copper cathode. PT Smelting Gresik takes in 40 % of PT FI output and export the remaining 60% out-put of PT FI's raw concentrate ore.In the recent latest progress, PT FI had halted the production of concentrates since February 10, 2017 waiting to receive the Export Permit from the Government of Indonesia to export ores and concentrates.We observe that PT FI will only be allowed to Export such Concentrate Ores if PT FI agree to convert the COW into IUPK (Particular Mining Business Permit). As we understand the Government of Indonesia had issued new regulations, among others the Presidential Decree No.1 Year 2017, whereby these New Regulations permits the continuation of copper concentrate exports for a five (5) Year period through January 2022, subject to certain pre-conditions to be fulfilled by the Mining Companies operating in Indonesia.
Well, in reality, PT FI as other business Mining Companies, are focusing more on the Profit oriented approaches, whereby the Government of Indonesia, has the more broader and wider task to Optimize, manage and ensure that the remaining National Resources owned by the People of the Republic of Indonesia are being extracted, explored, exploited and produced for the Most Beneficial Interest to increase and guarantee the Social Welfare of the whole entire people of the Republic of Indonesia.In other words each and every step taken by the Government of Indonesia represented by the President as well as the Ministerial level of the Energy and Mineral Natural Resources Department ("ESDM") are to be taken for the National Interest of the Republic of Indonesia, particularly to gain more Added Value of the Mineral National Resources as the National Asset of the Republic of Indonesia.
In this Open, Transparency, Democratic Area, the entire people of Indonesia are controlling, monitoring each and every step and action taken by the Government, the People's Representative in the Parliament (DPR) in managing, developing, and making policies and rulings on the Mineral Natural Resources, which based on the Basic Principals under the Indonesian Constitution Basic Law, which is Article 33 (3) of the Undang-Undang Dasar 1945 (the 1945 Basic Law Constitution), such Remaining Mineral National Resources, which are owned by the People of the Republic of Indonesia, must be managed, developed, produced for the Social Welfare of the Entire People of the Republic of Indonesia.
This concept of Mineral Natural Resources Title Ownership being posses and owned by the People of the Republic of Indonesia, differs from the concept of Legal Title Ownership on the Mineral Natural Resources, adopted by several Western Countries, whereby Individual or Private company (ies) are given the Legal Right Title Ownership on the Mineral National Resources found, extracted in the location under or below the Surface Land owned by the Individual or Private Company (ies) in such specific country.This difference Concept of Mineral Natural Title Ownership, for sure creates differences of policies and rulings taken by the Government and Legislative in approaching, handling, managing the exploration, exploitation and producing of the Mineral Natural Resources between Country to Countries. Accordingly, General Mining Investors who are interested to Invest their Mining Business in Indonesia must be fully aware of this Differences Concept, especially in this New Transparent, Openness, Democratic Era occurring in Indonesia, for which for sure National Interest will also play a significant important role in shaping the trend of Policies and rulings in the Mineral Natural Resources Sectors.
Jakarta, 15 April 2017
Agung Supomo Suleiman
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Monday, January 16, 2017
ALWAYS THANKFULL to ALLAH the Most Merciful
- By being permitted to practice in the professional life carrier as an Independent Business Lawyer (Self-Employed) by ALLAH, for more than 18 Years, since 1st of June 1998, which formerly was allowed by ALLAH to experienced blended combinations as Company Man - In-house Legal Counsel for more than 17 Years, in the Law Firm of Adnan Buyung Nasution & Associates (Nasution Lubis Hadiptranto) 5 Years, Vico Indonesia (Huffco Indonesia) 5 Years, PT Freeport Indonesia Company 5 Years, accumulative, the Writer of this BLOG, must always continuously keeping reminding himself, to always allocate part of his daily 24 Hours time to read the Holy Al Quran, at least 1(one) ayat, a day Insya ALLAH, so that Insya ALLAH with the permit of ALLAH, we are guided by the Creator ALLAH to be on the Right Straight Path as been shown by the Prophets, during their period, as recited in many Surah of the Holy Book Al Quran
Yes as a Moslem believer (meaning surrender and worshiping only to ALLAH, the Only One Creator of this Live), we must force ourselves to seek Enlightenment from the Creator of this Universe, by reading the Holy Book, particularly as a Independent Business Lawyer, where we are dealing with different of interpretation in implementing the Agreements involving Business Aspects between the parties involved in such Contractual Business Transactions
We have to always remember to put faith in our Heart (Qolbu), by filling our Qolbu with the Holy Words of ALLAH recited in the Holy Al Quran, which was sent down by ALLAH to ALLAH's Messengers called the Prophets or Rasul of ALLAH continuously;Praised be to ALLAH that, the Writer of this Blog was permitted by ALLAH to practice his profession as a Business Lawyer for more than 35 Years since the year around 1979, and the Writer of this Blog, keeps on focusing in practicing his Professional Carrier as an Independent Business Lawyer. With the Blessings of ALLAH, he is permitted to practice his Professional, by serving Clients in the Business Circles related to Natural Resources, which includes Copper, Oil, Gas, Mining Minerals, Iron, Gold, Coal, Iron, Limestone, Bentonite, and recently assisting Client involved in the Drilling of Production Wells of Geothermal and Injection Wells.
- His motto in running his Professional Carrier, is striving to develop in Believing and maintaining faith to ALLAH as the Creator of this World. You can imagine the Temperature Heat Decree being tapped and captured in the Geothermal Production Wells can reach 270 Degree, which can boost turbine to generate electricity. The potential magma from the earth can boiled the water which was sent down to the earth by the Creator of this World from the sky through the mechanism being vaporized by the Sun of the Sea Water and collected as Clouds, and poured down to the earth, and become hot steam to be used for energy in many ways.
- If you are practicing as a Professional, are you practicing it in accordance with the guidance and enlightenment from the Holy Books ? Do we practiced our Professional by suffering or disadvantaging or making loss to others ? Those are some of the tough Questions that we have to answer to the Creator of this live and the Creator of us human beings. Of course for sure this "faith" issue is the element of "Faith" or we called it "Iman" in the Holy Book of Al Quran, where with the permit of ALLAH, if we seek the Truth Guidance from ALLAH, based on Allah's words we can be guided by ALLAH to build and develop our Faith in believing ALLAH as the Creator of this World where we lived in until when the times comes to an end to each of us.
Agung Supomo Suleiman
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