Economist The Value Of Thomas Djiwandono's Entry Makes Investors Refuse To Invest

JAKARTA - Gerindra Party politician and Prabowo Subianto's nephew, Thomas Djiwandono officially became Deputy Minister of Finance II.

He partnered with Deputy Minister of Finance I Suahasil Nazara accompanying Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet.

Director of Economic Digital Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) Nailul Huda assessed that the entry of Thomas Djiwandono as Deputy Minister of Finance (Wamenkeu) II will make investors hold back their investments in order to wait for the certainty of who the Minister of Finance will be in the future during the administration of President-elect Prabowo.

"The presence of Thomas Djiwandono's name in the Deputy Minister of Finance made the SMI opportunity to sit in the ministerial chair in the future. Of course, this will make investors hold back their investments to wait for the certainty of who the Minister of Finance will be in the future," he said in his statement, quoted Friday, July 19.

Moreover, if the Minister of Finance in the future is not Sri Mulyani. This will make investors even more worried in managing state money in the future.

"So there will indeed be a negative effect if it is Thomas who will sit in the chair of the Minister of Finance," he said.

In addition, Huda felt strange about the two people who filled the position of Deputy Minister of Finance and what they wanted to take care of.

Currently, the position of Deputy Minister of Finance I is filled by Suahasil Nazara.

According to Huda, the Ministry of Finance is different from the position of deputy minister at the Ministry of SOEs.

He said, if the Deputy Minister of BUMN was clearly divided into BUMN clusters.

"Well, what kind of division do you want to share. So indeed, the political element of entering the budget into the 2025 State Budget is the main factor," he said.

Huda saw that Thomas' entry into Jokowi's cabinet showed that there was no common ground regarding the current budget between the government and the Prabowo-Gibran government.

The placement of Thomas will not be enough to help the free nutritious lunch program which is predicted by Prabowo Subianto significantly.

"Moreover, there is a free lunch content minus the cost per child to half of the initial budget," he said.