Called Asking For The Ration Of BUMN Commissioners By Erick Thohir, Adian Napitupulu: Do Not Be Reversed

JAKARTA - PDI-P politician Adian Napitupulu emphasized that he had never put forward his name or the name of 98 activists to get the position of commissioner at State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) to BUMN Minister Erick Thohir.

So far, he admitted, it was President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who had asked him to submit a list of names or figures deemed appropriate as BUMN commissioners.

"If you say I asked for a share for the commissioners, it doesn't seem right. We have Pak Jokowi asking for names from us, ”said Adian during the Casual Talk with Adian Napitupulu which was broadcast on the YouTube Chat Yuk 2020 account, Thursday, July 23.

"We are asked, if we want to submit the names to whom, Kemensesneg (Ministry of State Secretariat)," he added.

It was for this reason that he emphasized that the narrative which mentions that he was asking for rations or proposing names for BUMN commissioners was not true.

This member of the Indonesian House of Representatives also said that he had never presented a letter containing the names of candidates for commissioners of state-owned companies as conveyed by BUMN Minister Erick Thohir.

So, if Erick admits to rejecting the names of the proposed commissioner candidates, he will instead question where the rejected names come from.

"Who gave him that he refused? I didn't give it to him. I gave it to the President, why? Because I was asked. I gave to Kemensesneg. So if he says he refuses, refuses the names given to whom? President?" he stressed.

He then asked the outside narrative not to be distorted from the facts. “Don't turn it around. Why? because the president asked us for names, "he concluded.