BPKP Calls Garuda Aircraft Procurement Costs Too High

Head of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency Muhammad Yusuf Ateh. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Head of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) Muhammad Yusuf Ateh said the cost of procuring Garuda Indonesia aircraft was too high. As a result, the state's financial loss reached Rp. 8.8 trillion.

For your information, based on the results of the audit of state losses conducted by BPKP, there were state losses of Rp. 8.8 trillion related to the procurement of ATR 72-600 aircraft and CRJ-1000 aircraft.

"There are 23 of these aircraft whose procurement value is too high so that at the time of operation the operational cost value was higher than the income, this is what we calculated from 2011 to 2021," he said at the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Building, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. , Monday, June 27.

In this case, former President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Emirsyah Satar was again named a suspect in alleged corruption in the procurement and lease of aircraft by PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk types CJR-1000 and ATR 72-600.

The Emir himself is currently undergoing a legal process handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Emir was named a suspect in the case of the procurement of Garuda Indonesia aircraft with his business partner Soetikno Soedarjo (SS) as President Director of PT Mugi Rekso Abadi.

On the same occasion, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir said that the appointment of two new suspects in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of aircraft by PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk by the Attorney General's Office was part of the state-owned company's clean-up program.

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir said the appointment of two new suspects in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of aircraft by PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk by the Attorney General's Office was part of the state-owned company's clean-up program.

As is known, the two new suspects are former President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk Emirsyah Satar and Soetikno Soedarjo alias SS as Director of PT Mugi Rekso Abadi.

"This is proof of how if we want to collaborate well with fellow government institutions and of course it is managed professionally and transparently, we can produce something good for this country and nation," he said.

However, said Erick, the BUMN clean-up program is not only about arresting those who cheat. However, improving the business system of the state-owned company itself.

"Because we know that when we talk about corruption, it will happen every year, but what is important is how we minimize corruption cases with an improved system, so that it can run continuously in the long term and this program is not just an arrest program. This program can save, restructure and a solution that is good for all of us," he said.