Simon Mantiri Becomes President Director Of Pertamina, Bahlil Opens His Voice

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

JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia opened his voice regarding the appointment of Simon Aloysius Mantiri as President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) replacing Nicke Widyawati.

Bahlil said, Pertamina is actually a state-owned enterprise (BUMN) which is already very well established so that changing leaders is commonplace.

"The system is already running, the change of leadership is a normal thing. Moreover, it depends on the leadership, the Minister of SOEs (Erick Thohir) and the President (Prabowo Subianto)," Bahlil told the media, Monday, November 4.

He said, Erick Thohir as Minister of SOEs certainly had a special assessment in the appointment of Simon Mantiri as President Director

"Usually it's in BUMN. Of course the MenBUMN has special assessments to rotate to anyone who will be replaced, including Pertamina," explained Bahlil.

Bahlil continued, he will hold a coordination meeting with Pertamina's new leadership this week to discuss the lifting of Indonesian oil.

"Oh, I have a very important interest in Pertamina because 65 percent of our lifting is controlled by Pertamina," Bahlil continued.

With the large portion of the lifting, Bahlil said that later Pertamina would coordinate a lot with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources as technical ministries.

"We will explore, improve lifting, idle wells. And I will finish inviting them to we have a coordination meeting," said Bahlil.

Bahlil said that the coordination meeting was planned to be held this week after the inauguration was held.

"Oh, this week, this week, yes. New people are appointed, right. He must have consulted," he said.