Coordinating Minister Airlangga Express Communication With Den Chair Smoothly

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto conveyed that the functions and duties between the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and the National Economic Council (DEN) led by Luhut Binsar Panjaitan would be different in the Red and White Cabinet led by President Prabowo Subianto.

Airlangga said that communication with Luhut Binsar Panjaitan went smoothly because he had been in the Advanced Indonesia cabinet.

"Regarding the DEN, it will be led by Mr. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and has been our partner in the cabinet for almost a decade, so communication is smooth," he told reporters, Monday, October 21.

Regarding the duties and functions of the DEN, Airlangga said, the division of tasks awaits directions from Prabowo.

"Wait for the president's assignment to be clear," he explained.

Airlangga explained that the functions and tasks that oversee the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Kemenko Marves) will switch to the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy such as the Ministry of Energy, Investment, and Tourism.

Therefore, Airlangga conveyed that the technical difference would be waiting for the determination of the presidential regulation (Perpres) between the DEN and the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy.

"At the Coordinating Ministry, the PP is new," said Airlangga when met at his office, Monday, October 21.

In addition, Airlangga said the DEN would be more about formulating economic policies and reporting directly to the President, not like the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy which coordinates other ministries of economic affairs.

"It's a policy, and he reports it directly to the president directly," he said.