Completion of BLBI is requested not to hit the obligor, the state needs to open a dialogue

JAKARTA - The government is asked not to generalize all obligors of the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance or BLBI in the process of settling obligations. The dialog room is considered necessary to open to ensure that each bill is based on accurate data, documents, and calculations.

Founder of the Discussion Room, Dar Edi Yoga, said the state must still pursue the right to collect and enforce the law. However, the process needs to be transparent and provide legal certainty.

"Dialogue does not mean weakening law enforcement or removing the obligations of obligors. In fact, dialogue becomes a mechanism to ensure that each bill is truly based on data, documents, and calculations that can be accounted for," said Dar Edi in his statement Saturday, August 8, 2026.

He asked the Ministry of Finance, especially the Directorate General of State Assets or DJKN, to open a space for clarification with the obligors.

According to Dar Edi, the problem of each BLBI obligor is not always the same. There are parties who must indeed be held accountable for their obligations. However, there are also those who are still questioning the amount of the bill, the legal status, or the administrative process because they feel there are errors in recording and calculation.

"The state needs to distinguish between those who deliberately evade their obligations and those who have objections based on evidence and arguments that can be tested," he said.

He assessed that the settlement of BLBI, which has been going on for more than two decades, has also gone through various policy, regulatory, and institutional changes. This condition is considered to open the possibility of the emergence of differences in legal interpretations and data inconsistencies that need to be re-examined.

Dar Edi said that dialogue could actually strengthen the country's position. If the results of the verification show that the obligor still has obligations, the bill must still be settled. On the other hand, if administrative or calculation errors are found, the government is asked to make corrections.

"A strong country is a country that is firm, but also willing to listen, re-examine, and correct if there are mistakes," he said.

According to Dar Edi, the success of the completion of BLBI is not only seen from the amount of state assets that have been successfully recovered, but also from the certainty that the collection process is carried out objectively and can be accounted for.

Dar Edi hopes that the settlement of BLBI in the future will continue to pursue the recovery of state rights, but give room for testing data and objections that have a basis.