Bahlil Claims Prabowo Also Agrees That Religious Ormas Are Given A Mining Managing Permit

Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Investment Minister/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia revealed that it is difficult for Prabowo Subianto to communicate with the elected president regarding the granting of permits for religious community organizations (ormas) to manage mines.

After the communication made, Bahlil claimed that Prabowo Subianto agreed with the policy.

"If we have communicated Pak Prabowo, sir agrees. He is a true patriot," he said when met at the BKPM Office, Jakarta, Friday, June 7.

Furthermore, Bahlil said the government policy was aimed at improving the welfare of the people through religious organizations.

"The important thing is that we write for the welfare of the people through mass organizations. Because they are part of the state's assets, which must be the state present," he said.

Considering that the administration of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was only a month away, Bahlil also handed over the continuation of this policy to the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka government.

For your information, religious organizations can manage coal mines for a period of five years.

This provision is contained in Government Regulation Number 25 of 2024. The regulation has been signed by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on May 30, 2024.

"Ask the next government again, I can only answer that the goods are there now. My tenure is until the president ends. Don't tell me to respond to things that don't necessarily happen to me," he said.