Denies Being In A Hurry To Pass The BUMN Bill, DPR: It's Been A Long Time, It's Been Initiated Since 3 Years Ago

Member of Commission VI DPR Herman Khaeron. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has completed the discussion of the Draft Law (RUU) of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN). As scheduled, the bill will be passed into law (UU) in a plenary meeting held tomorrow, February 4.

Member of Commission VI of the House of Representatives Herman Khaeron confirmed that the BUMN Bill would be passed through a plenary meeting.

He said the plenary meeting would take place starting at 9.30 WIB.

"Yes (it was ratified). In the bill, one of them was later formed by the law, namely Danantara," he said when met at the DPR RI Building, Jakarta, Monday, February 3.

Regarding the assumption that the discussion of the draft BUMN Bill seemed rushed, Herman denied this. He explained that the revision of the BUMN Law had indeed been announced for a long time.

"There is no rush. This law has been around for a long time, it has been three years since it was initiated by Commission VI," he said.

Herman also said that the BUMN Bill had been discussed in the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR RI since the administration of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

However, continued Herman, the discussion was followed up in the form of a Problem Inventory List (DIM) by the government during the President Prabowo Subianto period.

"It has been entered in Baleg, to the leadership since the past period. Then during the previous period it was approved to be sent to the government. Then the current government only responded in the form of a DIM," he said.

For your information, Commission VI of the DPR RI previously approved that the BUMN Bill be brought to the plenary session since Saturday, Saturday 1. The decision was taken at the Level I working meeting with the Minister of Law, Minister of State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Finance, and Deputy Minister of SOEs.

Regarding the meeting that took place this weekend, Herman said that it did not mean that the DPR wanted to rush to ratify the BUMN Bill. According to him, the meeting at the weekend is legal.

"Any day is okay," he said.