Members Of The House Of Representatives Of The PKS Faction Welcomes Erick Thohir As Chairman Of The Sharia Economic Community

Minister of BUMN, Erick Thohir. (Photo: Ministry of BUMN)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission XI DPR RI Anis Byarwati welcomed the election of Minister of State-Owned Enterprises, Erick Thohir to become General Chair of the Sharia Economic Community (MES) for the 2021-2025 service period.

"I congratulate Mr. Erick Thohir for the mandate given by the MES V Formation Team to lead the MES in the future," said Anis Byarwati in a press release, quoted from Antara, Monday, January 25.

In the statement given by Anis, the Doctor of Islamic Economics conveyed his message and hopes for MES under Erick's leadership.

Anis said that MES must be able to encourage the formation of an effective Islamic economic ecosystem. Thus, in the future there will be no more dichotomy between the financial sector and Islamic banking and the real sector.

"It is time for the Islamic financial and banking sector to be placed parallel to the real sector without any dichotomy. The resilience of the Islamic financial and banking sector in facing various crises is one of the reasons, and MES is expected to be able to encourage the formation of an effective Sharia economic ecosystem," he said.

Anis added that MES must be a bridge for all stakeholders of the sharia economy, and be able to cooperate with BUMN in encouraging the development of the real sector, especially the sharia / halal industry, including food, beverages, fashion, medicine and cosmetics, media, health and tourism.

He also expressed his hope that MES would continue to increase its role in education and socialization of economy, finance and banking to the public, so that the development of the Islamic economy would accelerate.

Previously, Deputy Director of the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) Eko Listiyanto considered that the election of BUMN Minister Erick Thohir as the General Chair of the Sharia Economic Community (MES) was right to develop Indonesia's Islamic economy.

"I think it is appropriate for BUMN Minister Erick Thohir to be elected as General Chair of the Sharia Economic Community," said Eko.

According to the economist, it happened that there were several steps and policies at the Ministry of BUMN, one of which was touching the aspects of the Islamic economy.

The election of BUMN Minister Erick Thohir is also considered to be synergistic with several plans that have been carried out, and perhaps in the future to develop the Islamic economy in Indonesia.

"The most visible thing is the merger of three state-owned sharia banks by BUMN Minister Erick Thohir to become Indonesian Sharia Bank, as an important part of being able to start a new chapter in the Indonesian banking world so that it can compete with conventional banking and financing models," said Eko.