Purbaya Reveals Maung Car Budget For Officials Has Been Prepared, Realization Depends On Pindad

Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi sadewa (Photo: Doc. VOI)

Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadive revealed that the budgeting scheme for the procurement of official vehicles for the Minister and Deputy Minister in the form of Maung cars produced by PT Pindad has actually been prepared this year.

However, he conveyed that the realization of procurement was postponed due to limited industrial production capacity.

"This year there should be (the budget), but apparently the capacity is not enough, so it will be reversed this year. Next year I don't know what the readiness of the Pindad industry will be like. If you are ready, there will be money," he told the media crew, Tuesday, October 21.

Purbaya emphasized that the target time for the realization of procurement is entirely dependent on the readiness of producers.

"It depends on the industry, if I target the money, there is money. Later when I enter the industry, it is said to interfere. But we are ready," he said.

Previously, President Prabowo Subianto revealed the government's plan to build a national car factory, with the target of producing cars made in Indonesia within the next three years.

As for now, Prabowo himself has used a Maung car made by PT Pindad as the official vehicle for the President of the Republic of Indonesia.

In the Plenary Cabinet Session at the State Palace, Monday, October 20, Prabowo said that all members of the Red and White Cabinet would also be asked to switch to domestically produced vehicles, one of which was Maung's car. One of them is Maung's car which has been used by a number of high-ranking TNI officials and officers.

"Soon all of you will also have to use Maung, I don't want to know. A good car is used on vacation. Or when I don't call you you can use the car," Prabowo said at the Plenary Cabinet Session, at the State Palace, Monday, October 20.

Prabowo had told me that he recently returned to using Alphard's luxury car. Despite acknowledging the convenience of the car, he realized the importance of providing examples of using local products.

"I left yesterday, I want to incognito, I haven't used Alphard for a long time. It's good too. But Prabowo's Eits remembers that you are the President of the Republic of Indonesia, you have to give an example. Yes, you will continue to use it," he said.

Furthermore, Prabowo said that he had prepared funds and land for the construction of a national car factory and a special team is currently working on realizing the project.

"This is not yet an achievement, but we have started to getrintis. We will have a car made in Indonesia in the next 3 years," he said.

Prabowo added that the success of producing cars itself will reduce dependence on imports, as well as strengthen the national automotive industry based on domestic capabilities.