Asking For An Increase In The 2025 Budget Worth IDR 66 Billion, Minister Erick: Small Figures Compared To Achievements

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

JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir said the 2025 budget ceiling for the Ministry of SOEs was IDR 277 billion. This figure is down compared to 2024 which amounted to IDR 284 billion.

Therefore, he asked for an additional budget for 2025 of IDR 66 billion. With this addition, the Ministry of SOEs' indicative ceiling reached IDR 344 billion.

According to Erick, the budget ceiling provided of Rp277 billion is not comparable to the achievements and contributions that have been made by the Ministry of SOEs.

"This is certainly not comparable to the achievements that have been pushed by Commission VI or the achievements we have carried out so far," he said during a working meeting with Commission VI of the DPR, at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday, September 2.

Furthermore, Erick said that the additional budget of Rp. 66 billion was a small number compared to the contribution made by SOEs to the state.

"The figure of 66 billion is none other than we want to continue to improve the system rather than the supervision that so far, of course, if we look at this is one that we can continue to improve in the future," he explained.

Regarding the 2025 budget ceiling, Erick said, the allocation for salaries and allowances was 28.26 percent or above Rp. 78 billion.

Then, for office operations as much as Rp71.62 billion, or around 25 percent.

"The secretariat budget that supports SOE development is IDR 47.35 billion or 17 percent and the development and supervision of SOEs which is one of the things that has been increased to IDR 80.09 billion, which is 28.86 percent," he explained.