JAKARTA - The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) will review President Prabowo Subianto's proposal regarding the establishment of a BUMN ad hoc court. This special court was initiated to thoroughly investigate alleged irregularities and corruption committed by managers of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) up to 30 years ago.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad emphasized that every new regulation or institution must be discussed together between the government and the legislature.
"Of course we will first examine this. Even if there is a rule, it is the domain of the government and the DPR," said Dasco at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday.
Signal of Determination to Eradicate Corruption in SOEs
Dasco assessed that the discourse thrown by President Prabowo showed the government's strong commitment to eradicating corruption and reforming state-owned enterprise governance.
"Mr. President is very enthusiastic to convey this because indeed many of our SOEs have suffered losses due to poor governance," added Dasco.
Previously, the idea of forming a special SOE court was conveyed by President Prabowo Subianto in his speech at the Annual Meeting of the MPR RI and the Joint Meeting of the DPR RI-DPD RI. Prabowo emphasized that SOEs are assets owned by the people that must be managed transparently and responsibly.
1,074 SOEs and their Children and Grandchildren Found
President Prabowo revealed that the urgency of improving SOEs was increasingly visible when the government formed Danantara (Sovereign Wealth Fund Indonesia). In the process, it was found that the SOE structure was very fat and risked triggering budget leaks.
"We found that there are 1,074 SOEs. These SOEs have subsidiaries, grandchildren of companies, even great-grandchildren of companies. This is an extraordinary thing," said the President.
Seeing this condition, Prabowo proposed a firm action option in the form of an ad hoc court to evaluate the track record of state-owned enterprise management in the last three decades. In addition to the legal action option, the President also opened a discourse on granting amnesty for state-owned enterprise managers who cooperatively admit their mistakes and return state losses.
Minister of Law and Human Rights: A Clear Message that Corruption is the Enemy of the Nation
Responding to the discourse, Minister of Law Supratman Andi Agtas stated that the government is currently not discussing in detail the technical form of the ad hoc court for SOEs.
According to Supratman, the President's statement must be interpreted as a fundamental message regarding the commitment to law enforcement in Indonesia.
"His message is very clear, the crime of corruption is the enemy of the nation. Not only the enemy of the government, but the enemy of all Indonesian people," concluded Supratman.
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