Asked When BLBI And Lapindo's Debts Will Be Settled, Sri Mulyani's Subordinates: We Want It To Be Done Once

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JAKARTA - The State Receivables Affairs Committee (PUPN) has stated that it will continue to pursue state rights that are still controlled by debtors, including those in the PT Lapindo Minarak Jaya issue and also Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI).

Head of the State Receivables II Sub-Directorate of the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) Sumarsono promised to make every effort to restore state rights. However, he could not give certainty when the two big debt cases would be resolved.

"When we talk about targets, we want it to be finished at once," he said during a webinar on Friday, November 12.

According to Sumarsono, this assumption is based on a number of challenges in the field.

"These files have various characteristics, various forms, and various debtors," he said.

Sumarsono himself admitted that he was given certain work targets to ensure that the management of state receivables could run well.

"The leader has given a target to be able to complete 20 percent of the outstanding amount. But calculating the outstanding is also a bit difficult, because the file is entered again and again, considering that as long as there are transactions and economic activities, the potential for debt is still there," he explained.

For information, until November 11, 2021, it is known that the number of state and regional receivables being handled by PUPN has reached 50,679 files with an outstanding value of Rp. 76.89 trillion.

Meanwhile, BLBI's receivables are reported to have reached Rp110 trillion. Meanwhile, Lapindo's receivables based on an audit by the State Audit Board (BPK) in 2019 amounted to Rp 1.91 trillion.