As Coordinating Minister For Political, Legal And Security Affairs For The Next 8 Months, Hadi Tjahjanto Hopes To Solve BLBI Cases

Minister Of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian And Coordinating Minister For Political, Legal And Security Affairs Hadi Tjahjanto/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Hadi Tjahjanto hopes that he can resolve the debt collection case for Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) even though his term of office is only 8 months until the new Presidential government.

Hadi admitted that he would immediately coordinate with the relevant ranks to continue the previous duties of the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs regarding the settlement of the case.

"Regarding the settlement of BLBI, we will continue to monitor developments in the field if there are problems. Hopefully, BLBI with strict coordination, we can solve it," said Hadi after the handover of the position at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Office, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, February 21.

In addition, the former Minister of ATR/Head of BPN said that the priority task he would do was to maintain the condition of the 2024 General Election which was claimed to be conducive. Hadi has just received the last direction from Tito Karnavian as the former Acting Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs.

"What was conveyed by the Minister of Home Affairs, the Acting Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs is to maintain a conducive situation, starting from the announcement, then with all the dynamics in the field until the president and vice president are announced, until the inauguration of the elected president and vice president," explained Hadi.

Today, President Joko Widodo inaugurated Hadi as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs at the State Palace. The inauguration of Hadi and AHY was carried out simultaneously in accordance with Presidential Decree Number 34 P of 2024 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of State Ministers of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet for the 2019-2024 Period, which was determined by President Joko Widodo in Jakarta, February 20, 2024.

Previously, Hadi Tjahjanto was the minister of ATR/Head of BPN since June 2022. Hadi is also a former TNI commander who served in the 2017-2021 period.

Hadi replaced the position of Acting Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Tito Karnavian who filled the temporary position, after Mahfud MD resigned as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs since early February.

When he resigned from the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud advised President Joko Widodo that the Task Force for Handling State Collection Rights for the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance Fund (BLBI Task Force) would continue to work to collect state rights on the remaining debt from BLBI obligors.

Mahfud admitted that while he was working to lead the BLBI Task Force, there were still debt evaders who had not paid off their state rights for various reasons. This was revealed by Mahfud at the office of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Central Jakarta, after meeting Jokowi at the State Palace.

"I told the President, 'this bill is still there because there are those who are still evaded, want not to pay, there are those who want to continue to bid, the debt is not like that, etc. We have closed those who have paid, it has been completed, the rest must still be billed, Mr. President because it is based on the Presidential Instruction'. So, we have to collect the BLBI because it is someone who owes the state money," explained Mahfud, Thursday, February 1.