Hutama Karya Can Get A Jumbo PMN Of Up To Rp31 Trillion, A Staff Of The Minister Of SOEs: Not To Pay Debt

Special Staff (Staffsus) Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Arya Sinulingga. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The staff of the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Arya Sinulingga ensured that state capital participation (PMN) granted to PT Hutama Karya (Persero) would be used for toll road construction.

He guarantees PMN will not be used to pay off the debts of the state-owned company.

"Nothing. PMN is HK to build toll roads. The assignment is clear, not to pay his debts. And obviously PMN was asked to build a road from here to here, it's clear," Arya told reporters, quoted Friday, September 23.

As is known, the Ministry of Finance proposes additional PMN for the BUMN Construction, Hutama Karya worth IDR 7.5 trillion.

Previously, PMN 2022 for HK itself had been approved for IDR 23.85 trillion.

With this additional budget, the number of PMN 2022 obtained by Hutama Karya will reach a record high of IDR 31.3 trillion.

In fact, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said that this budget is equivalent to the Ministry of Finance's overall budget for a year.

Adapun dana ini digunakan sebagai tambahan untuk proses penyelesaian Proyek Jalan Tol Trans-Sumatra (JTTS).

Mainly for the Sumatra Toll Road phase I. The progress of the construction of the toll road concerned includes the 26.2 km section of the Binjai-Pangkalan Branda section 2 (Sabat-Tanjung Pura) and 57 percent has been completed.

Then, the 18.9 km section 3 (Tanjung Pura-Pangkalan Brandan) toll road and has been completed 27.67 percent.

Hutama Karya is also pursuing the completion of the construction of the Sigli-Banda Aceh Section 1 (Padang Tidji-Seulimum) Toll Road.

Section 5 (Blang Bintang-Kutobara) and Section 6 (Kutobara-Simpang Baitussalam) are 74.2 km long.

Hutama Karya Merugi until 2026 Director General of State Assets of the Ministry of Finance, Rionald Silaban said that construction services, PT Hutama Karya (Persero) would still lose up to 2026. In fact, the losses incurred could swell to Rp 6 trillion in that year.

"Hutama Karya's finances until 2026 are still estimated in 2026 to suffer a loss of Rp. 6 trillion," he said at a Working Meeting with Commission XI.

Rionald said that one of the causes of Hutama Karya's loss was the operation of the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road section, so that loan interest had begun to be calculated.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, the toll road does not generate significant income.

As for the end of 2021, Hutama Karya became one of the construction SOEs that recorded a loss of Rp. 2.4 trillion. The loss suffered by this state-owned company is more targeted when compared to the previous year which was recorded at Rp. 2 trillion.