President Prabowo Subianto highlighted the many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) who made the management of state assets more complicated. In front of the Danantara ranks, he admitted to being surprised to learn that the number of BUMN entities actually reached more than 1,000 companies, complete with children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of companies.
Prabowo made the statement at the one-year Danantara ceremony at the Danantara building, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 11. According to him, this condition is the main reason why state assets must be consolidated under one management control.
"There is no management lesson anywhere in the world, one management can manage 1,000 entities," said Prabowo.
He then revealed his surprise at the management of SOEs, which was considered to be further from the original purpose of its establishment. According to him, many state-owned enterprises were formed with good intentions to answer the needs of the nation, ranging from textiles, paper, medicine, to energy. However, in its journey, the structure developed without control.
Prabowo cited Pertamina, which, according to reports he received, has around 200 subsidiaries and grandchildren of the company. He also highlighted the rules that make certain subsidiaries not subject to state audits.
"If BUMN can be audited by the state, he said that if the company's grandchildren are audited. Where is this regulation from?" he said.
Therefore, Prabowo asked Danantara to be an institution that was closely monitored from many directions. He said that supervision was not enough just from the supervisory board, but also had to involve the BPK, BPKP, prosecutor's office, police, TNI, to special envoys in each state-owned enterprise managed.
According to Prabowo, total supervision is needed because Danantara manages the nation's wealth which will determine the fate of the next generation.
"We have to watch because this is the blood of the Indonesian nation. If this blood continues to leak, our nation is in a difficult state," said Prabowo.
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