Faisal Basri Sindir Minister Of Industry Agus Gumiwang Regarding Many Factory Closed: Busy Campaign

Senior Economist Indef Faisal Basri. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Senior Economist Indef Faisal Basri quipped the performance of the Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita in the midst of the swelling that hit textile and ceramic factories and other problems.

Instead of taking care of the industrial sector, according to Faisal, Agus was actually busy campaigning.

In fact, he continued, the sector has not been able to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many companies are bankrupt, not just ceramics. Textiles are bankrupt, have not been able to recover from COVID. The restructuring program has been completed, which cannot be restructured, it has gone bankrupt, sold," said Faisal in an Indef discussion, in Jakarta, Tuesday, July 16.

"Not only on ceramics, it's still red. The ministers are busy campaigning, Golkar officials. Where do you care? Have you ever heard the minister of industry make a rare statement from him, maybe not all of you also know the name of the minister of industry," he continued.

Currently, continued Faisal, the industrial sector in the country is convex or shaky.

According to him, this condition is experienced by all industries in Indonesia, not just ceramics or textiles.

Faisal also said that the industry in Indonesia was not diversified. This can be seen from the contribution of several sectors to gross domestic product (GDP) of non-oil and gas industry.

The Mamin (Food and Beverage) industry alone accounts for 39.1 percent. Coupled with the pharmaceutical chemical industry, it becomes 50 percent, 49.6 percent. So two out of 15 have contributed half of it, from the non-oil and gas industry," he said.

"The industry that we are discussing is currently non-metalic minerals, yes, the share is 2.28 percent, including cement, all kinds of things, not just ceramics," he continued.

For your information, the Ministry of Industry recently accused the Ministry of Trade (Kemendah) of being the culprit of the sluggish textile industry and textile products (TPT).

Acting (Plt) Director General of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Textile Industries (IKFT) of the Ministry of Industry, Reni Yanita, said the termination of employment (PHK) was increasing in the textile industry after the issuance of Permendag Number 8/2024.

Adapun Permendag 8/2024 Peraturan tentang Policy dan Pengaturan impor ini mulai berlaku sejak 17 Mei 2024.

He said that after the regulation was published, the utilization of small and medium industries (IKM) fell by an average of 70 percent.

This figure is based on the source of Indonesia's Working Convection Entrepreneurs (IPKB) as of June 26, 2024.

Second, the cancellation of the contract by the maklon giver and market place because the maklon and market place giver returned to imported products.

Third, the loss of the IKM market and convection have an impact on the upstream industry (chain and threads).

"The loss of skilled human resources in the textile industry and textile products (TPT) sector," said Reni in a media discussion on Permendag Number 8 of 2024, the Real Form of National Petrochemical Industry Denormalization at the Ministry of Industry office, Jakarta, Monday, July 8.