Credit Restructuring Is The Focus Of The Indonesian Ombudsman To Complain Economic Problems With The Coordinating Minister For Airlangga

The atmosphere of the meeting between Coordinating Minister Airlangga Hartarto and the Indonesian Ombudsman (Photo: Doc. Of the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy)

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto received a visit from the Ombudsman ranks of the Republic of Indonesia on Tuesday, May 18. The visit was a gathering as well as a meeting for the Indonesian Ombudsman to present the Community Report on the Economy to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy.

"The Public Report on the Economy is of course directly related to the technical Ministry. The details can be submitted to us for further facilitation by communicating it to the technical Ministry more quickly," he said.

On the same occasion, Chairman of the Indonesian Ombudsman Mokhammad Najih stated that apart from explaining public complaints in the economic sector, this meeting was also held to build communication, especially the coordination function.

"This meeting is expected to be a further step in order to coordinate and develop synergies so that the Ombudsman's performance in carrying out its supervisory duties can be further improved. Likewise, coordination in the field of the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, "he said.

Furthermore, Najih conveyed the substance of the Public Report on the economic sector which was handled by the Main Assistant III of the Indonesian Ombudsman and consisted of eight substances, namely banking, insurance, licensing, trade and industry, cooperatives, taxes, investment, procurement of goods, services, auctions.

In the banking sector, people often complain about credit restructuring. In addition, studies conducted by the Indonesian Ombudsman in the context of prevention in the economic sector were also presented on this occasion.

"We appreciate the studies conducted by the Indonesian Ombudsman. Regarding banking, particularly credit restructuring, the regulations are general but the application is case by case between banks and customers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has put guarantees and subsidies, "continued Airlangga.

For information, the Financial Services Authority (OJK) has decided to extend the bank credit restructuring period until March 2022.

Meanwhile, the total value of bank credit restructuring until March 8, 2021 is Rp. 999.7 trillion, originating from 7.97 million debtors.

Of that amount, IDR 392.2 trillion came from the MSME segment with 6.17 million debtors. Meanwhile, the remaining Rp607.5 trillion were non-MSME customers with a total of 1.8 million debtors.