Support LMKN Using The State Budget, Melly Goeslaw: So That The KPK Can Go Down If Someone Cheats

JAKARTA - Melly Goeslaw expressed her support for the National Collective Management Institute (LMKN) to receive State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) funds to finance part of its duties in managing song/music royalties.

Melly's statement was delivered during the General Hearing Meeting (RDPU) of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI with LMKN regarding the Copyright Bill last week.

Melly, a member of Commission X of the Indonesian House of Representatives as well as a proposer of the revision of the Copyright Law, through her decades of experience as a singer-songwriter, admits that she is tired of dealing with LMKN and LMK, especially regarding transparency.

"Actually, if I was an art worker, I would be tired, from decades, if there was something I thought suspicious at LMK or LMKN, I could never do anything," said Melly, quoted from the Parliament TVR YouTube channel, Tuesday, December 2.

With the APBN that can be used by LMKN, said Melly, the institution is required to be more responsible for its performance. He even said that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) could intervene if there were corruption cases.

"So, I a little agree that there is an APBN, because maybe the KPK will intervene there, so I'm afraid if someone cheats," said Melly.

"Because if I am already very tired of yesterday's thing," he said. "Yes, hopefully whatever will be chosen will be fair to all parties."

For information, for now, LMKN's operational funds together with the Collective Management Institute (LMK) are entirely derived from royalties that have been collected.

Based on the Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights Number 27 of 2025 (Permenkum 27/2025), LMKN obtained 8 percent of the royalties that were collected for operational funds.