Countries Take Critical TMII From Sandalwood

JAKARTA - The management of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) was officially taken over by the state. It is based on Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 19 of 2021 concerning The Management of TMII. There are financial problems that make TMII critical. The signs have been read for a long time.

Presidential Decree 19/2021 was signed by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on March 31, 2021 and is valid since it was enacted on April 1, 2021. Perpres 19/2021 ended 44 years of management of TMII under Harapan Kita Foundation, which was founded by President Suharto's wife, Sri Hartinah aka Bu Tien.

Furthermore, the country formed a transition team that will coordinate with the Harapan Kita Foundation. The state gave three months for Harapan Kita Foundation to submit the management of TMII, including completing the management report.

"Within three months the current management must provide a management report to the transition team and then the next management will be discussed by the transition team," Secretary of State (Mensesneg) Pratikno said in a virtual press conference, Wednesday, April 7.

Before the handover is done, Harapan Kita Foundation is prohibited from changing or forming any agreement with other parties regarding the management of TMII, unless there is approval from the Ministry of State Secretariat (Kemensetneg). Harapan Kita Foundation is also not allowed to change the management, board of directors or management of management.

Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Setya Utama explained that the transition team of TMII management is filled by officials and employees of the Ministry of Finance. They are assisted by asset working groups (pokja), financial pokja, and legal pokja.

"So in Perpres 19 Year 2021 set for three months after the establishment of this Presidential Regulation, the transition team will work and also the management body tmii under Harapan Kita Foundation continues its work while making accountability reports from management during this time," said Setya Utama.

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During the transition period, Pratikno said the entire TMII staff could work as usual. Their rights will also be fulfilled. In the next three months, TMII will also be operated as usual.

"The staff continues to work as usual, still get financial rights and facilities remain as usual. So nothing has changed," Pratikno said.

Although taken over by the state, the government will appoint a new partner to replace Harapan Kita Foundation to manage TMII. It is not yet clear who will take the management of TMII, which is clearly the appointment of a new partner targeted to be completed within three months of the transition period.

"It is expected that in these three months there are also partners or third parties appointed by the Kemensetneg transition team. About who it will be, the team is processing," said Setya Utama.

Mensetneg Pratikno hopes that the management of 146.7 hekatre assets in the future can provide the widest possible benefits for the community. Regarding other tasks of the transition team, Pratikno detailed that the team was also asked to make management innovations, including welfare improvements for TMII staff.

"So with our new partners are channeling that which once again the point, the principle is to provide the greatest benefit to the community, provide the greatest benefits to the country," Pratikno.

Moreover, not many changes have been projected. TMII remains a garden of preservation and cultural development of the nation. TMII is also intended as a means of education. The innovation in question is also unclear, except the target of making TMII as an international standard cultural park.

That is, all TMII facilities will be used as innovation centers in the era of industrial revolution. "Later we will become a center to encourage innovation cooperation from creators, young Innovators of Indonesia," said Pratikno.

There are several reasons behind the takeover of TMII from the sandalwood family. First of all, financial matters. Before it was decided to be taken over, the Audit Board of Finance (BPK), the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), as well as the legal team of the Faculty of Law of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) had conducted a financial audit.

The audit concluded the need for better management of TMII. The takeover is believed to increase TMII's contribution to the country financially. Apparently, for 44 years, TMII did not deposit money into the state treasury. TMII's revenue is always minus.

"There are findings from bpk from January 2021, this is for the report of the results of the examination 2020. The recommendation is that there should be better management of the Ministry of Finance on the assets owned by the country," said Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Setya Utama.

"So far there has been nothing to the country ... He said minus, subsidized by YHK, can be confirmed to the Management Agency," said Setya.

This financial situation is a problem. If referring to other state assets, such as Gelora Bung Karno or Kemayoran area, both always deposit money to the state treasury in the form of non-tax state revenues (PNBP).

The length of TMII's financial problems was raised in July 2020. At that time TMII claimed to lack of animal feed stock. The Manager of the Bird Park Unit and Komodo Museum of The Reptile Park TMII Piter Kombo explained that the decrease in revenue due to the pandemic dragged TMII to a very low point.

Operational costs, especially in the Bird Park and Komodo Museum Tmii Reptile Park, kombo said depending on the visitor's ticket and the cost of renting the place. The decrease in the number of visitors occurred since the COVID-19 pandemic spread to Indonesia. At that time tmii manager until open donations for animals in the Bird Park and Komodo Museum Reptile Park.

"Assistance received is prioritized in the form of feed products. It can also be in the form of money," kombo said, quoted by Kompas.com.

In the same year, namely 2020, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has also recommended that the management of TMII be handed over to the state immediately, in this case the Ministry of Finance. In the kpk's view, TMII should be managed and utilized as other state-owned goods: contribute to the state.

According to the records of the Ministry of Finance (Ministry of Finance) in 2018, tmii valuation reached Rp20 trillion. Meanwhile, KPK noted that the Ministry of Finance currently has assets with a value of Rp571 trillion. In addition to TMII, there are also PPK Kemayoran and GBK.

"Through the focus of asset management intervention area, KPK encourages the control, recovery and optimization of asset utilization for the benefit of the state," said Plt Jubir KPK Ipi Maryati, confirmed Thursday, April 8.

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