Had A Discussion With Anies, Pramono Promises To Sell PT Delta Beer Shares If He Wins The Gubernatorial Election

Pramono Anung/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Candidate for Governor of Jakarta number 3 Pramono Anung admitted that he had discussed the issue of shares in the beer producer company PT Delta Djakarta with former DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan.

The discussion was revealed during a meeting between Pramono and Rano Karno at Anies' residence, Lebak Bulus area, South Jakarta.

To Pramono, Anies said that he had submitted the sale of 26.25 percent of PT Delta's shares owned by the DKI Provincial Government when he was still the Governor of DKI. However, at that time, the DKI DPRD had not approved it.

"So this morning I discussed with Mas Anies. The issue of PT Delta beer is actually now in the DPRD. So the decision is in the DPRD," said Pramono in South Jakarta, Wednesday, November 20.

Therefore, if he wins the Jakarta gubernatorial election, Pramono promises to continue Anies' plan to encourage PT Delta's shares to be sold and the DKI Provincial Government can use the funds.

"For me, later he will be the governor that I will pursue when the DPRD will be issued immediately. Yes, just sell it," said Pramono.

Initially, Anies Baswedan wanted to sell 25.26 percent of beer shares owned by the DKI Provincial Government. Anies Baswedan's plan to release beer share ownership has been promised since the beginning of his tenure as Governor of DKI.

When Anies was still the Governor of DKI, the DKI Provincial Government had revealed a profit scheme if beer shares were sold in 2021 calculations. The DKI Provincial Government projects that PT Delta's shares have the potential to be sold for IDR 800 billion.

The share sales profits will function for 40 school constructions. Each school is budgeted at IDR 20 billion. Then, the construction of 5 hospitals with a cost of IDR 150 billion each. Plus, 80 thousand clean water connections with each costing IDR 10 million.

However, until Anies' term ended, the plan was not carried out. In fact, Anies has applied for approval for the sale of PT Delta Djakarta shares several times to the DKI Jakarta DPRD during his time as Governor.

The former chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Prasetyo Edi Marsudi at that time, emphasized that he had approved the DKI Provincial Government to sell shares of beer company PT Delta.

According to Prasetyo, the company that produces beer brands "Anker", "Carlsberg", "San Miguel", "San Mig Light" and "White Horse" is actually profitable for regional cash income. The dividend value of PT Delta to the DKI Provincial Government is the second largest after BUMD Bank DKI.

"PT Delta, during my tenure as DPRD I will not sell it because there is no capital participation, their profit is around Rp. 300 billion," said Prasetyo when met at the DKI Jakarta DPRD building, Monday, August 1, 2022.

Prasetyo explained that Delta's shares were purchased since the time of former DKI Jakarta Governor Ali Sadikin. At that time, the purchase of shares was aimed at controlling the circulation of alcohol in the community.

"For example, as local governments, we can control the extent to which people buy and drink beer. If it is not controlled, how will the community be? All of the people will get drunk," explained Prasetyo.

The ownership of beer shares was also questioned by the PKS faction of the DKI DPRD when Heru Budi Hartono served as Acting Governor of DKI. At that time, PKS urged that beer shares be sold. However, Heru emphasized that the DKI Provincial Government during his tenure would not let go of the shares.