Observer Highlights Two Gerindra Cadres At Pertamina

Pertamina (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The General Meeting of Shareholders (GMS) of the Ministry of SOEs appointed Simon Mantiri as President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero) and Mochamad Iriawan alias Iwan Bule as President Commissioner (Komut) of Pertamina.

The appointment of the two is in the spotlight of the Energy Economic Observer of Gadjah Mada University, Fahmyxi. The reason is, Simon is the Deputy Secretary of the Gerindra Party, while Iwan Bule is the Deputy Chair of the Gerindra Party Board of Trustees.

"The placement of two Gerindra Party cadres in Pertamina has the potential to open access to corruption violations within Pertamina, and cause conflicts of interest and malfunction of supervision by Komut against the President Director," Fahmy said in a statement to the media, Tuesday, October 5.

Fahmy assessed that the opening of access to corruption violations at Pertamina contradicts President Prabowo Subianto's firm commitment to eradicating corruption in the Government, as well as State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN).

"Perhaps the appointment of two Gerindra Party officials as Pertamina's Managing Director and Commissioner is not the will of President Prabowo, but the initiative of the Minister in charge. The goal is to please the President through a series of actions from the Happy Round (ABS)," explained Fahmy.

Fahmy added that it has become a statement for companies that carry out acquisitions to control shares in a company by placing their people in the board of directors and commissioners, especially the President Director and North Commissioner. However, Pertamina's shareholder is 100 percent owned by the Government, represented by the Minister of SOEs, so it is inappropriate and inappropriate for the Political Party to place two of its cadres as President Director and Commissioner of Pertamina.

"To maintain President Prabowo's commitment to eradicating corruption in this country, Prabowo should cancel the appointment of Simon Aloysius as President Director and Iwan Bule as Komut Pertamina. Alternatively, both of them resigned as cadres and administrators of the Gerindra Party, if the two Gerindra Party cadres persist as President Director and Commissioner of Pertamina," said Fahmy.