Jakarta - Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has not said much about the continuation of the South Korean-made KF-21 fighter jet and the news of the Russian-made Russian production. He emphasized that the technical affairs of procurement of military equipment are in the Ministry of Defense.
This was conveyed by Purbaya when accompanying President Prabowo Subianto to receive additional TNI AU alutsista at Halim Perdanakusumah Air Base, Jakarta, Monday (18/5).
When asked about the coordination of the KF-21 project, Purbaya admitted that he had not received a report.
"That one hasn't come to me, so I don't know about the KF-21. It should be able to work. But because they haven't reported to me, I don't know," said Purbaya.
He explained that the military equipment received today was a procurement that had been budgeted for a long time. Therefore, according to him, there is no problem from the payment side.
"This is a long budget, so it's just implementation. The delivery happens to be today, in part," he said.
Purbaya also refused to disclose the value of the procurement budget. He said defense spending was confidential.
"If the defense is a secret," he said.
When asked about Sukhoi, Purbaya again directed the question to the Minister of Defense.
"You should ask the Minister of Defense. I don't understand if that's the case. I'm just part of the payment," said Purbaya.
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