PPP Faction DPR: Dissolution Of 14 BUMNs, Do Not Forget The Fate Of Employees Who Will Be Layoffs

Ministry Building SOEs. (Angga Nugraha / VOI)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission VI of the Indonesian House of Representatives Achmad Baidowi considered that the plan to disband 14 State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) did not mean a failure by the Ministry of BUMN.

"The dissolution of BUMN does not mean a failure of the Ministry of BUMN, because many SOEs are not healthy," said Achmad Baidowi as quoted from Antara, Wednesday, September 30.

However, he continued, before the dissolution is carried out, the Ministry of BUMN must be able to explain to the DPR and the public about the criteria for BUMN that need to be dissolved, merged, or merged.

"The criteria must also be a reference in responding to the conditions of all existing BUMNs," he said.

Achmad Baidowi, who is also the Secretary of the PPP faction of the DPR RI, admitted that he was shocked by the plan to dissolve 14 BUMNs, even though in fact many BUMNs were unhealthy and should have been dissolved.

"In fact, there are those who say that more than 14 BUMN should be disbanded. The dissolution of BUMNs will still have to meet the stages in Law 19/2003 on BUMN and Law 40/2007 on Companies," he said.

He reminded that after the dissolution of BUMN, what needed to be considered was the fate of the employees.

"BUMN must be an example of how to treat employees well. If there must be layoffs, all employee rights must be fulfilled in accordance with the applicable contract and labor regulations," he said.

However, he hopes, the Ministry of BUMN can fight to hire employees in other units or BUMNs who are still healthy.

Achmad Baidowi also said that the BUMN problem is believed to not be resolved in the near future, therefore the Ministry of BUMN and the central government must find the best format to improve the competence of the company, either by forming a super holding like Singapore with its Temasek or continuing the formation of holding companies. based on the similarity of business as what the BUMN ministry is currently doing.

"All alternatives need to be studied in a comprehensive manner so that the existing BUMNs can make a profit and do not become a burden to the state budget," he said.