HGB Certificate Wants To End, Tanah Abang Market Traders Curhat To Menkop Teten

The meeting of Tanah Abang Market traders with Menkop Teten Masduki/ Photo; Antara

JAKARTA The collection of traders met the Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs Teten Masduki to discuss the issue of the right to use kiosk buildings that could not be extended. They hope that Teten, the Coordinating Minister, can provide solutions to solve the problem.

"The problem faced by us market traders is the issue of building rights certificates (HGB), which currently only has one year left, so that from the problem of building use rights that are currently not extended, it has an impact on capital problems, especially traders who currently have loans at the bank," said Deputy Chairman of the Tanah Abang Metro Wholesale Center Merchant Association (AP2META) Zulfiyan, quoting Antara, Sunday, October 16.

Furthermore, the banking sector is said to require that two years before the expiration of the building rights must be immediately extended. For traders who have collateral certificates, they must pay off loans that are currently running or replace them with equivalent collateral.

Although from a technical point of view the Coordinating Minister has nothing to do with the issue of extending certificates, they know that Teten Masduki is someone who is very concerned about the sustainability of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

"We hope that he can help us, and Alhamdulillah he has assigned the Deputy for Micro Enterprises of the Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs, Yulius, and the Head of the Legal Bureau of the Ministry of Cooperatives to bridge this problem. Hopefully, the assistance from the Minister can make it easier for us to maintain the rights of the traders," said Zulfiyan.

Zulfiyan also said that his party is currently experiencing a deadlock because the banking sector is making policies related to collateral requirements.

"At this time, it can be said that we are deadlocked (buntu-ed), this is because whoever owns the kiosk wants to wear a shop certificate that is not extended, will not be served by the banking sector," he said.

He hopes that the meeting with Teten can come to light, so that 2,500 kiosks that have not been able to extend the certificate do not go out of business.

Responding to this, Teten Masduki has ordered his staff, namely the Deputy for Micro Enterprises and the Legal Bureau and Cooperation of the Ministry of Cooperatives to provide assistance.

"The assistance we do is to bridge the problems experienced by AP2META with the management. Hopefully, the problems experienced can be resolved soon," he said.