Sri Mulyani And DPD Suddenly Hold Closed Meetings

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and DPD RI Committee IV suddenly held a closed work meeting.

The working meeting discussed the potential decline in state revenues, the Danantara, and budget efficiency. However, after that the meeting was held behind closed doors.

Previously, Chairman of Committee IV DPD RI Ahmad Nawardi conveyed that the DPD Committee IV working meeting with Finance Minister Sri Mulyani was declared open to the public.

"We are open and declared open to the public," said Nawardi when opening the meeting, Tuesday, February 18.

When delivering the opening presentation of the meeting, Nawardi mentioned a number of problems related to the beliax system that have continued to emerge since it was first launched as of January 1, 2025.

Nawardi conveyed that the consequences of several problems in the implementation of the quintex could only collect 20 million tax invoices in January 2025, compared to the same period in the previous year of 60 million tax invoices.

"So that the tax revenues collected can later be clarified by the Minister, only Rp. 50 trillion from Rp. 172 trillion in the previous year," he said.

According to him, this problem will reduce state revenues at the beginning of the year and has the potential to disrupt the state treasury.

"Of course this makes state revenues, state finances a bit shake and K/L at the beginning of the year do not have funds to run programs that have been designed because these 2 months are like in previous years the source of the state budget certainly comes from the remaining 2024 budget, which is Rp45.4 trillion," he said.

In addition, Nawardi said that the presence of Danantara in the near future will disrupt state revenue conditions because dividend payments from SOEs that have been directly entered into the state treasury through the state wealth PNBP posts separated or KND, must first enter the agency.

"The dividend deposit of 65 SOEs to the state targeted at Rp90 trillion in 2025 from the previous Rp85.5 trillion in 2024 from Rp10,402 trillion in assets they manage, this amount will go into BPI Danantara's cash and be managed into investment, this BUMN dividend will be developed continuously, this Danantara status makes the BUMN company managed by Danantara no longer a separated state wealth so that there is no more such thing as PNBP income from the BUMN," he said.

In addition, Nawardi had mentioned the efficiency of the budget carried out by the government as stated in Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 1 of 2025 and Circular Letter of the Minister of Finance Number S37 MK.02 2025.

"The Ministry of Finance has cut the budget of Rp306.6 T from 16 expenditure posts, consisting of Rp256.1 T from KL and Rp50.5 T expenditures from transfer funds to the regions," he explained.

According to him, the impact of this very aggressive budget cuts may be felt in the future, although at this time it cannot be felt.

"Currently, we believe that in the hands of the Minister of Finance, the extraordinary efficiency does not have an impact on social stability, economy, community welfare, domestic consumption subsidies, and others," he said.