JAKARTA - The government has denied the notion that the state invades private business space through entities such as Agrinas and PT Berdikari Agrinas and PT Berdikari.
The Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi stated that state involvement through SOEs in sectors that are also worked on by the private sector is not new, and should not be perceived as a clash.
"Where is the fault. The same thing, many economic activities are then the state or the government represented by institutions - in this case, for example, SOEs - also enter the private sector. There is no problem, we all go hand in hand. So don't perceive each other as toppling each other," said Prasetyo at Gambir Station, Jakarta, Tuesday, February 10.
When asked about the clear boundaries between the roles of the state and the private sector, Prasetyo answered that the limit was in the respective functions.
According to him, the private sector must still be encouraged through facilitation and regulations that make it easier, but SOEs can also try in areas that have been the land of private economic activities.
"We must encourage the private sector, we facilitate, we prepare the necessary regulations. In fact, it must be helped to be made easier. But also the state in this case SOEs can also try," he said.
Another more sensitive issue emerged when reporters mentioned the revocation of IUP in the Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra regions, which was said to make some entrepreneurs not know that their companies were affected.
Then there was also a rumor that the management would be taken over by Danantara Indonesia.
Asked whether the condition could trigger a bad precedent for investment, Prasetyo answered briefly, "I don't know. It's in process."
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