The Factions Of The DKI DPRD Are Not One Voice About The Change Of Perumda PAM Jaya To PT

The plenary room of the DKI Jakarta DPRD/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta DPRD held a plenary meeting regarding the plan to change the form of a legal entity Perumda PAM Jaya to a Limited Jakarta Drinking Water Company (Perseroda).

In the plenary meeting, all factions expressed their views. It turns out that the factions in the DPRD have not voted for the support for the change of PAM Jaya's legal entity to PT.

Several factions asked the DKI Provincial Government to postpone and review the readiness of changes to PAM Jaya's legal entity, including the PKS, Gerindra, PAN, PSI, and Democrat-Perindo factions.

In the view of the faction, the PKS faction asked for a review before strengthening the change of PAM Jaya's legal entity to become a company. This is because PKS considers that currently PAM Jaya is still facing various serious problems and does not have enough good performance in meeting customers.

"In the condition of the company's performance which has not been good in terms of operating and customer service, it is feared that the change of the company's legal entity to the company will not be able to change the working culture of the company. Meanwhile, it is feared that this change in legal entities will make the company tend to be profit-oriented, which is not supported by service improvements," said a member of the PKS faction of the DKI DPRD, Muhamamd Subki, Monday, September 8.

Then, the PAN faction revealed that it understands that the purpose of changing the status of Perumda's legal entity to a company is to smooth the discourse on the floor on the PAM Jaya public offering (IPO) which is targeted in 2027.

However, PAN reminded that the IPO is a form of company privatization which has serious consequences if the field of duties involves managing natural resources in order to fulfill the lives of very vital people such as clean water.

"Based on the above arguments, with a heavy heart, we, the PAN faction, refuse to approve the change in PAM Jaya status to become a company, before it can be ascertained that people's rights are guaranteed with the necessary laws and regulations," said PAN Faction Advisor for the DKI Jakarta DPRD Bambang Kusumanto.

Meanwhile, several other factions expressed their agreement for changes to PAM Jaya's legal entity in the near future. These include the PDIP, Golkar, PKB, and NasDem factions. However, these factions also ask the DKI Provincial Government to deepen studies from finances to PAM Jaya's governance in the future.

"The PDI-P faction hopes that there will be a more in-depth, comprehensive and holistic study regarding the plan to change the form of PAM Jaya's legal entity, fulfillment of prerequisites on financial studies, risk studies, governance studies and other studies will be fulfilled first based on the accuracy of current economic developments," said PDIP Faction Secretary Dwi Rio Sambodo.

Then, the Golkar faction hopes that Perumda PAM Jaya's change to a perseroda is directed to strengthen governance, increase efficiency, and open space for strategic collaboration with private partners and SOEs without reducing the Provincial Government's control of public services.

"The Golkar faction emphasizes that this institutional transition is accompanied by standard accountability, protection of the interests of low-income people, and strict supervision so that clean water services are not only commercial-based but still uphold the principle of social justice," explained Golkar faction member Sardy Wahab Sadri.