Erick Thohir's 100 Day Performance At The Ministry Of BUMN

BUMN minister Erick Thohir (instagram @erickhohir)

JAKARTA - The 100-day performance of the Ministry of BUMN received a positive response from academics. The spotlight of the Ministry of BUMN under Erick Thohir is inseparable from the 'cleaning up' of Ministry officials, directors and commissioners of a number of BUMNs.

A young academic from the National Islamic University (UIN), Endi Aulia Garadian, assesses that there is a positive indication of 100 days of performance in the BUMN sector. As a young person and academician, he considers what the Minister of BUMN is doing as an example. According to him, professionalism is what he appreciates for the performance of the Ministry of BUMN under Erick's leadership.

"I like the way he works, treating the company as a company, even if it is a state company. I need to fix anything that hinders the performance of a state company," said Endi.

Endi also assessed that what Erick did in leaving the comfort zone in the business world to get involved in handling the government should be appreciated. This fits with the millennial character who is out of the box.

Even so, what Erick has done is considered to be only the beginning. He considered that full appreciation could only be given after the public witnessed the performance of BUMN in the coming years.

Although generally reaping positive appreciation, millennials also left notes for Erick and the BUMN ministry. This is because what the BUMN Ministry has done must also be reflected down to the lowest level.

Meanwhile, a graduate student of the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia, Oktaviany, assessed that what was positive about the performance of the Ministry of BUMN was how the bureaucratic culture had begun to be trimmed by a more business-oriented culture.

"So far, Pak Erick is more profit minded than bureaucrational. More private style. But that's actually good," he said.

However, this Strategic Management student assessed that the negative side that still needs to be addressed by the Ministry of BUMN is the level that has direct contact with the community.

"It is necessary to go deeper into the bottom line as well and strengthen the rules and SOPs. The problem is that I, as a millennial worker who partners with lower-line BUMNs, still feel a number of negative things that have entrenched for a long time at the bottom line," said Okta.

For the record, a number of breakthroughs and policies have been carried out by Erick Thohir during the 100 working days of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) 's administration. One of the striking breakthroughs was the dismantling of the smuggling of Harley Davidson motorbikes and Brompton luxury bikes through the new aircraft of PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero).

The disclosure of Harley smuggling was carried out by Erick Thohir with Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati. In a joint press conference last December 2019, Erick revealed that the smuggled Harley Davidson belongs to AA, who is none other than the President Director of Garuda Ari Askhara. On that occasion, Erick at the same time announced Ari's dismissal.

Not only Garuda Indonesia, PT Pertamina (Persero) is also one of the earliest state-owned enterprises that Erick Thohir has overhauled. In this reshuffle, Erick entered several new names on the board of directors.

For example, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (BTP) alias Ahok as President Commissioner, replacing Tanri Abeng. Then, Condro Kirono as Commissioner and Emma Sri Martini as Director of Finance.