AMIN Wants SOEs To Be Replaced As Cooperatives, Erick Thohir: Brings New Unemployment

SOE Minister Erick Thohir. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir said the disbandment of state-owned corporations would only lead to new unemployment in Indonesia.

This was conveyed by Erick in response to the views of the successful team (timses) Anies-Muhaimin who stated that he would change SOEs and replace them with cooperatives.

"It is ironic that the view is like that. If you want to be dissolved and replaced with a cooperative, it is tantamount to creating new unemployment when everyone needs jobs," he said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Sunday.

He conveyed that BUMN employees have proven themselves to be agents of change in Indonesia's economic development, which currently has a growth of 5 percent.

According to him, all state-owned corporations in 2023 have produced the largest dividend in history in Indonesia, which is IDR 82.1 trillion.

So that the benefits obtained from SOEs have become a strong foundation for economic growth in the country.

"If there are shortcomings, nothing is perfect. But we see that the results today have been proven how the SOEs can make a profit of Rp250 trillion, have made a big contribution to the countries used for programs that are being carried out by the government, such as health programs, food," he said.

Previously, the National Team for Winning Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (Timnas AMIN) stated that it would encourage SOEs to become cooperative business entities.

The statement was made by the Indonesian Cooperative Figure Suroto PH in a discussion at the Change Coalition House in South Jakarta.

Suroto assessed that so far the fate of cooperatives in the country has continued to be played with from one government to the next government.

Therefore, he argued by operating SOEs in Indonesia to improve the national economy.