Anies Baswedan’s Digital Footprint In Selling DKI Liquor Shares: 3.5 Years Of Tenure, Does He Remember The Promise To Rehabilitate 100 Schools, Clean Water And 240 New TransJakarta Buses?

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria (Photo: DKI Pemprov Public Relations)

JAKARTA - The digital footprint of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, who is committed to selling shares of liquor belonging to the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, has re-opened. In the video, Anies ensures that his party will sell the shares because it does not have a development role.

DKI Pemprov owns shares in companies and breweries. This is recorded in the company PT Delta Djakarta Tbk (DLTA) with a share value of up to 26.25 percent. This share has been owned by DKI since 1970 during the era of Governor Ali Sadikin.

According to Anies, a beer company does not have any development locations in a city. After being inaugurated with Sandiaga Uno on 16 October 2017, Anies will sell the shares of DKI and allocate them for city development.

"There we have 26.3 percent, approximately the value of IDR 1.2 trillion. Every year, on average we get dividends of around IDR 38 billion", said Anies in a TvOne video clip which was shared on the @BersamaSahabat4 Twitter account seen Tuesday, March 2.

According to Anies, the total dividend of the beer company is approximately the same as Alexis Hotel, which amounts to IDR 36 billion in dividends per year. For him, the loss of dividends from the Provincial Government's shares in the two companies did not have much effect.

Because, every year, Jakarta's Non-Tax National Income (PNBP) touches IDR 1.6 trillion. "So the figure of IDR 36-38 billion is small", said Anies.

It's different if the shares are sold. The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will receive IDR 1.2 trillion and if converted it will take years of dividend income to arrive at this figure.

"It would be better if IDR 1.2 trillion is taken now. Now we can convert the value to roughly it can rehabilitate 100 schools, even if we build clean water, it can cover one million houses".

"With that figure or if we buy Transjakarta buses, we will be able to have 240 new buses. This is also if at least 4 class A hospitals can be built. This means that the money we put there is the money used for business activities whose construction components are built up. It is better if we take the money directly and give it to the community and we will not feel like losing our income", said Anies.

Anies' promise is being questioned again after 3.5 years as the Governor of DKI Jakarta. Shares owned by the provincial government in a liquor company listed in PT Delta Djakarta Tbk (DLTA) have not yet been sold. This share has been owned by DKI since 1970 during the era of Governor Ali Sadikin.

The polemic about alcohol and so on began with Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 10 of 2021 concerning the Investment Business Sector. The regulation which is a derivative rule of Law (UU) Number 11 of 2020 concerning Job Creation has been signed by President Joko Widodo and comes into effect on February 2, 2021.

The government has approved the liquor industry as a positive investment list (DPI) since this year. Previously, the liquor industry was known to fall into the closed business sector category. The approval to invest in this industry is a new investment.

This investment can only be made in the Province of Bali, Province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Province of North Sulawesi, and Province of Papua by paying attention to local culture and wisdom.

The Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI Jakarta owns a company and a beer factory. This is recorded in the company PT Delta Djakarta Tbk (DLTA). It is known that the DKI Provincial Government has a stake of up to 26.25 percent. This share has been owned by DKI since 1970 during the era of Governor Ali Sadikin.

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, admitted that his party had always been trying to sell shares of beer in PT Delta Djakarta Tbk. Delta is a producer of beer from the Anker, Carlsberg, to San Miguel brands.

"We are working on delta shares. We will sell them back because it is part of the vision and mission of Anies-Sandi's campaign promise (during the 2017 DKI Gubernatorial Election)", said Riza at DKI City Hall, Central Jakarta, Monday, March 1.

Unfortunately, Riza admits that DKI cannot make its own decision to sell the alcoholic beverage shares. According to Riza, the plan to sell shares has not received approval from the DKI Regional Representative Council (DPRD).

"We continue to propose and ask for support from friends of the DKI Jakarta DPRD. In principle, the executive has agreed to sell the shares to the public. However, it must get DPRD approval. We are waiting for a response from DPRD friends", explained Riza.