Questioning Former KRL Imports, The Ministry Of Industry Is Still Waiting For BPKP Audit Results

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The polemic regarding the plan to import the former electric rail train (KRL) from Japan, which is planned by PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI), has not yet been completed.

The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) is known to be still waiting for the results of the audit by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) regarding PT INKA's ability, especially in producing trains.

"For the minister, right, he said he was waiting to be audited first," said Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry, Dody Widodo, to reporters in Jakarta, Tuesday, March 14.

When asked further about the schedule for the completion of the audit, Dody could not provide a definite answer.

"The audit asked BPKP, right, the minister said it was BPKP," he said.

Even so, continued Dody, his party also did not rule out the possibility of taking retrofitting steps. "The most likely choice, right, retrofitting," he concluded.

Previously, PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) revealed that PT Industri Kereta Api (Persero) or INKA had not been able to supply Electric Rail Train (KRL) or Commuter Line.

The reason is, it will take approximately three years to produce.

PT KAI's VP of Public Relations (Persero) Joni Martinus said that his party had agreed to cooperate with INKA to supply trains, including for Jabodetabek KRL.

Joni said, production requires a process of two to three years. Therefore, INKA has not been able to supply trains.

"It's been (a cooperation agreement), I don't know how many (trains), of course it has happened, INKA friends need time and it takes process," he told reporters, at Bandung Station, Monday, March 6.

Therefore, said Joni, to meet the current train needs, KCI has submitted an import application for 10 former Japanese KRLs.

However, the permit application was rejected by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) on the grounds that it prioritized domestic industries.