2 Months Old Term Of Office, Rosan Roeslani Pede Can Capai Investment Target Rp1,650 Trillion

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia (Photo: Doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - Investment Minister/Head of the Investment and Coordinating Board (BKPM) Rosan Roeslani is optimistic that the 2024 investment target of IDR 1,650 trillion can be achieved in the remaining two months.

The Ministry of Investment has the task of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to attract investment into the country amounting to IDR 1,650 trillion in 2024. Currently, investment realization per Semester I-2024 has reached IDR 829.9 trillion or already 50.3 percent of the target. This means that Rosan has homework (PR) to complete the rest of the investment target.

"God willing, I am optimistic, Mr. Bahlil's team has worked very well, very solidly and I see the target that has been set by Mr. Bahlil and his team will be achieved," said Rosan when met after the meeting at the Ministry of Investment, Jakarta, Monday, August 19.

Furthermore, Rosan admitted that he would accelerate teamwork at the Ministry of Investment so that the total target of IDR 1,650 trillion could be achieved by the end of the year.

"Because the team has not changed, it remains there, instead we will accelerate and accelerate it so that the target by the end of this year can be achieved as a whole," he said.

Separately, Bahlil, who now serves as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, admitted that he was confident that Rosan would complete the remaining investment targets set by President Jokowi.

"In 2024, yesterday we launched the second quarter, our target is Rp. 1,650 trillion and has reached more than 50 percent. So there is only a little that God willing, will be completed by the new Minister," said Bahlil.

"Mr. Rosan, this is my teacher. If the students are like this, believe the teacher will definitely be better," he continued.

Previously, it was reported that the Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment and Investment Agency (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia revealed that investment realization in the first semester of 2024 reached IDR 829.9 trillion. This figure increased 22.3 percent compared to the same period the previous year.

Referring to data from the Ministry of Investment, during that period the most disbursed was foreign investment (PMA) with a nominal value of IDR 421.7 trillion, an increase of 16.1 percent on an annual basis.

Meanwhile, domestic investment (PMDN), continued Bahlil, reached Rp408.2 trillion, an increase of 29.1 percent from the same period the previous year.

"Alhamdulillah, one semester now reaches Rp. 829.9 trillion, growing 22.3 percent. With a target of Rp. 1,650 trillion, now we have 50.3 percent. So whoever is my manager, he just has to find 49.7 percent," Bahlil said at the Investment Realization Press Conference in Quarter II and Semester I 2024, at the Ministry of Investment office, Jakarta, Monday, July 29.