JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir proposed an additional budget of the Ministry of SOEs for 2026 of IDR 454 billion. The indicative ceiling of the Ministry of SOEs in 2026 is set at IDR 150 billion.
Erick explained that the budget that had been set for 2026 could only cover employees and minimum operations. Meanwhile, the Ministry of SOEs needs a budget of around IDR 604 billion next year.
"We need a premiere of approximately Rp. 604 billion," he said during a Working Meeting with Commission VI of the DPR, Jakarta, Tuesday, July 8.
The additional budget, said Erick, is needed to carry out tasks in accordance with Law Number 1 of 2025 according to best practice and support the focus of the policy direction of the 2026 State Budget in the context of national resilience and economic acceleration.
The details, amounting to Rp. 111 billion to carry out its function as a regulator, supervision of the implementation of BUMN amounting to Rp. 118 billion, Series A shareholders and Perum Rp. 101 billion, personnel expenditures of Rp. 117 billion, and for administration and operations of Rp. 157 billion.
Erick emphasized that the funding proposal would not burden the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN). Because the dividend deposit scheme is from SOEs, either through Danantara or BUMN Perum.
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Furthermore, Erick said, the funds were taken from the portion of 1 percent of the dividends which were the rights of the ministry as the shareholder of series A.
One percent is indeed from the Danantara itself. So we don't, it is dangerous to burden the state's finances. But we believe that we will also contribute additionally to the country," he said.
Based on histori, throughout 2024 his party has realized a budget ceiling of Rp297 billion from a budget ceiling of Rp308 billion. Meanwhile, this year, the Ministry of SOEs budget ceiling is Rp215 billion, then for realization until July 6, 2025, it has only reached Rp91 billion.
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