Workers? Union claims Government has Failed to Properly Investigate Freeport Accident

Ady TD Achmad,  Andin Aditya Rahman

A month after the cave-in tragedy at the mining site operated by PT. Freeport Indonesia (Freeport) at Tembagapura, Papua, there is a widely held view that the Government is not making its best efforts to properly investigate the accident..

The assessment made by Mudhofir, the President of The Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPSI) is that the Government is not serious about properly dealing with the accident.

 In  Mudhofir’s view, this is self-evident by the fact that the President  remains reluctant to visit the accident site.

Compared to the underground mining incident in Chile, Mudhofir continued, the  Indonesian government’s response has been minimal.

In Chile, the Chilean President directly commanded the evacuation of the victims, immediately after the  accident occured.

Mudhofir also asserted that a proper investigation is essential to examine and uncover the causes of the accident.

In addition, the results of the investigation must be made available to the public to maintain and enhance the transparency and accountability of the investigation

“It is necessary to uncover and reveal what actually happened and to enforce the law. This will also prevent similar incidents from happening again,” Mudhofir added after a collective prayer for the victims of the Freeport incident held by the KSPSI in Jakarta onMonday (June 10)

Furthermore, Juli Parorongan, a spokesperson of the Chemical, Energy, Mines, Oil,Gas and General Workers Union (SPKEP), emphasized that the findings of the Governmet investigation are being highly anticipated.

“The results have not been released. We do not want to jump to any premature conclusions,” Juli added.

In response to the incident, Jonathan Rumainun, Vice President of Industrial Relations at Freeport, expressed his sincere gratitude to all the labor unions that have helped with the handling and investigation of the accident.

He further expressed Freeport’s condolences for the accident that took the lives of 29 workers and added that he hopes there will not be any repeats of such accidents..

“We hope that this accident is the last and that Freeport workers can work safely and will never again suffer any further tragedies,” Jonathan concluded.

(hot/keld)

Ady TD Achmad,  Andin Aditya Rahman

A month after the cave-in tragedy at the mining site operated by PT. Freeport Indonesia (Freeport) at Tembagapura, Papua, there is a widely held view that the Government is not making its best efforts to properly investigate the accident..

The assessment made by Mudhofir, the President of The Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPSI) is that the Government is not serious about properly dealing with the accident.

 In  Mudhofir’s view, this is self-evident by the fact that the President  remains reluctant to visit the accident site.

Compared to the underground mining incident in Chile, Mudhofir continued, the  Indonesian government’s response has been minimal.

In Chile, the Chilean President directly commanded the evacuation of the victims, immediately after the  accident occured.

Mudhofir also asserted that a proper investigation is essential to examine and uncover the causes of the accident.

In addition, the results of the investigation must be made available to the public to maintain and enhance the transparency and accountability of the investigation

“It is necessary to uncover and reveal what actually happened and to enforce the law. This will also prevent similar incidents from happening again,” Mudhofir added after a collective prayer for the victims of the Freeport incident held by the KSPSI in Jakarta onMonday (June 10)

Furthermore, Juli Parorongan, a spokesperson of the Chemical, Energy, Mines, Oil,Gas and General Workers Union (SPKEP), emphasized that the findings of the Governmet investigation are being highly anticipated.

“The results have not been released. We do not want to jump to any premature conclusions,” Juli added.

In response to the incident, Jonathan Rumainun, Vice President of Industrial Relations at Freeport, expressed his sincere gratitude to all the labor unions that have helped with the handling and investigation of the accident.

He further expressed Freeport’s condolences for the accident that took the lives of 29 workers and added that he hopes there will not be any repeats of such accidents..

“We hope that this accident is the last and that Freeport workers can work safely and will never again suffer any further tragedies,” Jonathan concluded.

(hot/keld)

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