Bulog Will Become A Government Agency, Status As A BUMN When Will It Be Revoked?

Bulog rice (Photo: Doc. intermediate)

JAKARTA - Perum Bulog will transform into a government agency. With this transformation, Bulog will no longer have the status of a State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN).

Then, when will the BUMN Stasus that Bulog is holding be revoked?

Bulog President Director, Wahyu Suparyono said that currently, his party is still drafting a team formation concept for Bulog's institutional transformation.

Later, continued Wahyu, the transformation team that was formed would be inaugurated with the issuance of a Presidential Decree (Keppres).

"The transformation team will later be formed with the Presidential Decree, we are preparing the concept," Wahyu said after a limited food coordination meeting (Rakortas) in Jakarta, Thursday, November 21.

Regarding Bulog's transformation as a government agency, Wahyu said it was targeted as soon as possible. Even so, he said Bulog was still implementing the Company's Work Plan and Budget (RKAP) as a BUMN.

"The target is that we have reported it to the Minister of SOEs and the Deputy Minister of SOEs, in 2025 we are still using the RKAP of State-Owned Enterprises in the form of Perum," he said.

"So we as operators keep going, otherwise, will we stop absorbing grain, rice?," continued Wahyu.

Wahyu also said that in order to release the status as a state company, Bulog must go through various stages. One of them is liquidation that adjusts the laws and regulations.

The liquidation provisions are contained in Article 90 of Government Regulation (PP) number 13 of 2016 concerning the Bulog Public Company (Perum).

Not only that, Wahyu said Bulog must also take care of the fate of its subsidiary after turning into a government agency. The reason is, after becoming a government agency, Bulog can no longer do business or carry out activities with commercial purposes.

"Now that Perum Bulog still has PP 13 of 2016 regarding Perum Bulog, there is a liquidation process, due diligence, not to mention in its subsidiaries," he explained.