Prabowo's Satire About Tantiem Commissioner, Dasco: Can Save Up To IDR 18 Trillion

Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, opened his voice regarding President Prabowo's decision to cut the position of commissioner in State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN).

According to Dasco, the reduction in the number of commissioners had actually been conveyed in the previous month.

"That's more than half of the commissioners in one BUMN, the number is reduced," said Dasco to the media crew after attending the RAPBN 2026 speech along with the Financial Note at the MPR RI/DPR RI/DPD RI Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday 15 August.

Dasco added, in addition to cutting the number of commissioners, Prabowo also removed bonuses for state-owned company commissioners who could save up to IDR 18 trillion. In addition to saving, he continued, this step can also help the performance and effectiveness of SOEs.

"If I'm not mistaken, there are savings of around Rp. 17 trillion to Rp. 18 trillion from existing tantiems," continued Dasco.

Previously in his speech, President Prabowo admitted that he was annoyed with the commissioners of state-owned companies that only held meetings once a month, but received tantiem of up to Rp40 billion per year.

For your information, tantiem is the distribution of company profits to certain parties, directors, commissioners, or shareholders who are given as a form of appreciation for their performance or contribution.

"Just a trick. So we don't know what tantiem is. There are commissioners who have meetings once a month, the tantiem is Rp40 billion a year," he said in his speech at the 2026 Financial Note and RAPBN, at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Friday, August 15.

Therefore, Prabowo admitted that he had ordered Danantara Indonesia to clean up BUMN. He asked Danatara not to provide bonuses if state-owned companies suffered losses. "I have also ordered the Danantara, the board of directors do not need (to be given) tantiem if they lose and fortunately, they have to make a real profit, don't make any sense," Prabowo said.