Member Of Commission II Of The House Of Representatives Supports President Prabowo To Withdraw Privately Controlled State Assets

JAKARTA - Member of Commission II of the House of Representatives Mohammad Toha supports President Prabowo Subianto's plan to withdraw assets owned by private-controlled countries. However, Toha assessed, there must be comprehensive data collection on all state assets currently controlled by the private sector.

"We appreciate and support President Prabowo's move to withdraw state assets controlled by the private sector. No state assets should be claimed to belong to the private sector," said Toha, Friday, May 2.

According to him, firmness and serious steps are needed to take over the state assets that have been controlled so far. If there is no courage and firmness from the state, then the assets will continue to be controlled and managed by the private sector.

Toha assessed that quite a lot of state assets are privately controlled. Covering productive state assets, namely state assets that are managed by the private sector, but donating non-tax state revenue (PNBP) to the state.

But Toha said there were state assets controlled by the private sector, but the private sector did not hand over PNBP to the state honestly. They, said Toha, secretly took big profits from the asset without giving the result to the state.

"Of course the government knows about this problem. Which assets are productive in generating income for the state and which assets are not productive," he explained.

In addition, continued Toha, there are also state assets that were originally owned by the private sector. But after the construction rights period was over, the private sector did not want to release the assets. Finally, the government took legal action.

"Of course, this problem should not be tolerated and must be resolved legally. The state must be firm in withdrawing assets controlled by the private sector," he said.

Toha also urged the government to collect data quickly on state assets. In particular, state assets are controlled by the private sector. With this data collection, it will be clearly known which state assets are still problematic with the private sector.

According to data from the Directorate General of State Assets (DJKN) of the Ministry of Finance, the value of state assets reached IDR 10,467.53 trillion in 2019. The amount increased by IDR 4,142.25 trillion or 65.48 percent from IDR 6,325.28 trillion in 2018.

"So the government works based on data. Not just withdrawing assets from the private sector. The government must move quickly to collect data," he said.

Previously, Prabowo Subianto gave a signal that he would withdraw state assets controlled by the private sector when delivering a speech at the International Labor Day celebration at Monas Cross Field, Thursday, May 1. In fact, Prabowo has asked the Supreme Court judge regarding the issue of state assets controlled by the private sector.