TMII Taken Jokowi From Soeharto Foundation, Fadli Zon: Do Not Sell To Pay Debt

JAKARTA - The government through the Ministry of State Secretariat has taken over the management of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) from Harapan Kita Foundation. This was done after President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) issued Presidential Decree No. 19 of 2021.

Harapan Kita Foundation was founded on August 23, 1968 by Siti Hartinah or the wife of the second President of Indonesia Soeharto, Tien Soeharto. Currently the foundation is built by Ole Soehardjo, Bambang Trihatmodjo, and Rusmono and Siti Hardiyanti Indra Rukmana as Chairman. Bambang Trihatmodjo and Siti Hardiyanti Indra Rukmana were the children of Suharto.

Deputy Chairman of Gerindra Fadli Zon Party also opened the voice in response to this good news. Fadli warned TMII not to be sold to pay debts.

"Don't sell TMII to pay off debts", Fadli Zon said on his official account Twitter @fadlizon, Thursday, April 8.

Minister of State Secretariat Pratikno previously said this decision was made through a long discussion and listened to recommendations from several parties including the Audit Board of Finance (BPK).

"So Yayasan Harapan Kita has been managing this state-owned for almost 44 years, which is recorded in the Ministry of State Secretariat and we are obliged to make arrangements", he said.

After TMII is taken by the Ministry of Finance, said Pratikno, it will make arrangements so that an area of 1,467,704 square meters can be used by the community. According to him, this kind of thing has also been done to Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) and Kemayoran Golf course.

In the future, the TMII area will be optimized with various functions. Apart from educational facilities, it will also be used as a playground or theme park with international standards.