MRT Jakarta Mau Acquisition 51 Percent Of KCI Shares, Anies' Subordinates: Ini Amanat Presiden Di Ratas

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JAKARTA - Head of the Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, revealed the DKI Provincial Government's plan through the BUMD MRT Jakarta, which plans to acquire shares of PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI).

This subordinate of the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, said that the 51 percent plan to purchase shares of PT KAI's subsidiary is a mandate from President Joko Widodo regarding the integration of transportation modes in Jabodetabek.

"This is a mandate (in) the President's ratas (limited meeting) whose minutes already exist. This means that Jakarta continues to strive, as has been mandated by the President for the acquisition of KCI," Syafrin told reporters, Thursday, September 29.

According to Syafrin, the acquisition of the majority of PT KCI's shares can streamline public transportation operations in Jakarta to make it easier for people to move.

One of them is the integration of transit area management to Commuter KRL tariffs, Jakarta MRT, Transjakarta, and Jakarta LRT. The positive impact is that the shift in the use of private vehicles to public transportation will continue to increase.

"So far, the integration process has been carried out, the service process to our community is still co-opted by administrative boundaries. Jakarta is limited, then it is difficult to improve services beyond that (remand areas)," explained Syafrin.

"Of course, with that (integration), (transport management in Jakarta) will be under coordination. With this pattern, the handling (transportation) in Greater Jakarta will be fully integrated in the future," he continued.

The plan to acquire this stock has been planned for several years. Meanwhile, at that time PT KAI as the shareholder of PT KCI had not responded positively. However, Syafrin claimed that communication with PT KAI regarding the acquisition went well.

"With KAI so far we have communicated quite well. Overall, communication is quite intense," he said.

The discourse on the acquisition of shares of PT KCI re-emerged when PT MRT Jakarta submitted a regional capital participation (PMD) for 2023 in the preparation of the APBD which is currently being carried out.

In total, the MRT admits PMD of IDR 6.2 trillion for next year. Most of the PMD or as much as IDR 1.7 trillion will be used for the acquisition of PT KCI.

This was revealed by the Chairman of Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Ismail, after a working meeting with PT MRT Jakarta on Wednesday, September 14.

"The relationship with the proposal for PMD is IDR 1.7 trillion, in the context of PT MRT's plan to acquire PT KCI so that later there will be a joint company to become PT MITJ. With this acquisition, at least 51 percent of the shares of PT KCI are owned by PT MRT," said Ismail.